A Hong Kong teenager who repeatedly slapped a 14-year-old girl at a shopping centre last year has been sentenced to a drug addiction treatment facility, after three other female defendants involved were earlier sent to rehabilitation. West Kowloon Magistrate Vivian Ho Wai-han on Tuesday handed down the sentence to Wong Lok-him, 19, saying he would…
Hong Kong police have arrested a man for allegedly striking a woman at a hotel, leaving her unconscious, before fleeing the scene. The force said on Friday that hotel staff had reported the case at around 6.30am that day after discovering the woman unconscious in one of the venue’s rooms. The victim, a 46-year-old surnamed…
Hong Kong police have apprehended seven, including a teenage boy who took intimate pictures of his younger sister, in an international crackdown on child pornography that saw more than 400 arrests across six jurisdictions in East and Southeast Asia. Bonnie Ngan Hoi-ian, chief inspector of the force’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau, said intelligence exchange…
Hong Kong police have apprehended seven, including a teenage boy who took intimate pictures of his younger sister, in an international crackdown on child pornography that saw more than 400 arrests across six jurisdictions in East and Southeast Asia. Bonnie Ngan Hoi-ian, chief inspector of the force’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau, said intelligence exchange…
Macau police have arrested two Hong Kong sisters for allegedly taking a bag containing more than HK$612,000 (US$78,700) in cash that was left in a taxi during their visit to the casino hub last month. The two women, who are in their sixties and seventies, were apprehended on Sunday when they returned to Macau via…
A PhD student earlier fined HK$5,000 (US$643) for splashing semen onto a woman’s buttocks has left Hong Kong before prosecutors could apply for a stricter penalty. Lai Changwei, 26, failed to appear at Thursday’s West Kowloon Court hearing after the Department of Justice sought to review his sentence on the basis it was manifestly inadequate….
Hong Kong police are searching for two suspects after a resident was attacked with a knife in a quiet, upscale residential area of Sha Tin on Sunday and later died in hospital. According to the force, the victim in his fifties was chased and slashed by the attackers who later fled the scene in a…
Hong Kong police have arrested two brothers on suspicion of defrauding a 79-year-old retiree out of HK$2.6 million (US$334,400) and laundering the funds. One of the brothers, a 29-year-old bank officer surnamed Li, allegedly convinced the elderly man in 2023 that he could set up an internet banking account for investment purposes, police said on…
Hong Kong police have arrested two brothers on suspicion of defrauding a 79-year-old retiree out of HK$2.6 million (US$334,400) and laundering the funds. One of the brothers, a 29-year-old bank officer surnamed Li, allegedly convinced the elderly man in 2023 that he could set up an internet banking account for investment purposes, police said on…
A domestic helper has won a HK$180,000 sexual harassment claim against her former Hong Kong employer, a single man who repeatedly asked her for sex despite her refusals. The District Court on Friday ruled that Lam Yui-sang, 63, had created a “hostile and threatening” workplace for Indonesian helper Sri Wahyuni, who started her employment with…