About 300 staff members working in an office of the AXA multinational insurance company in Hong Kong have lost as much as HK$150,000 (US$19,290) in a burglary. An employee discovered that money previously stored in a drawer at the AXA customer service centre on the 20th floor of Tower 2 of Times Square in Causeway…
Hong Kong police have arrested a man for allegedly attacking five people, including two officers, at City University after he was asked to turn down the volume on his phone. The force said on Tuesday that a 23-year-old man surnamed Wang was arrested a day earlier in Kowloon Tong on suspicion of attacking a woman,…
Remorseless lefty shoplifters are targeting Whole Foods supermarkets, claiming they aren’t doing anything wrong because they are simply “liberating’’ items from billionaire “Lex Luthor’’ company owner Jeff Bezos. The uber-successful businessman’s incredible wealth, the marketplace dominance of Whole Foods’ parent company Amazon and Bezos’ controversial conservative shift as owner of the Washington Post are being…
A 97-year-old man is among five people arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of stealing or handling stolen copper water pipes worth more than HK$1 million (US$128,700). Police said on Wednesday that they had received reports in January about copper pipes being stolen from parks and alleyways in Wong Tai Sin. Officers identified two suspects…
Hong Kong police are investigating the theft of about 100 metres (328 feet) of copper water pipes from a park in Shau Kei Wan. The force received a report at around 8am on Saturday after staff at the Aldrich Bay Playground discovered underground pipes were missing. A preliminary investigation showed that a 5cm by 25cm…
Hong Kong police are investigating the theft of about 100 metres (328 feet) of copper water pipes from a park in Shau Kei Wan. The force received a report at around 8am on Saturday after staff at the Aldrich Bay Playground discovered underground pipes were missing. A preliminary investigation showed that a 5cm by 25cm…
More than 80 per cent of 71 teachers deregistered in Hong Kong last year lost their licences for committing criminal offences such as theft, deception and child abuse, education authorities have revealed. The number of teachers involved in inappropriate relationships with students also more than doubled to eight cases last year from three in 2023….
Hong Kong police have arrested three foreign nationals on suspicion of theft and obtaining property by deception in separate incidents on The Peak and in Lan Kwai Fong. A tourist reported to the force at about 7pm on Thursday that her wallet was stolen while she was sightseeing on The Peak and her credit cards…
Hong Kong police have arrested three foreign nationals on suspicion of theft and obtaining property by deception in separate incidents on The Peak and in Lan Kwai Fong. A tourist reported to the force at about 7pm on Thursday that her wallet was stolen while she was sightseeing on The Peak and her credit cards…
A man in China whose 10 million yuan (US$1.4 million) lottery jackpot was falsely claimed by another person has won a lawsuit demanding the money back. However, the man, surnamed Yao, has still not received his winnings after a five-year battle to secure his rights. The case has attracted huge attention on mainland social media…