A Hong Kong woman has been rescued from a scam farm in Myanmar, with the city’s Security Bureau vowing to ensure she will return home as soon as possible. The bureau confirmed the rescue on Sunday evening, hours after Thai media reported authorities in the country had rescued the 31-year-old Hongkonger. She was found on…
A man has died in Hong Kong after falling into the sea near Lamma Island from a ship, with authorities investigating the cause of the incident. Police received an alert shortly before 11.30am on Friday morning, as a man aboard a cargo ship reported seeing another fall into the sea while climbing a ladder. “The…
A Hongkonger who was lured to Southeast Asia and held captive at a “scam farm” in Myanmar since October returned to the city on Monday, as the government revealed that a security official would remain in Bangkok to continue efforts to rescue 10 other residents stranded in similar fraud centres in the region. The 29-year-old…
Five Hongkongers have been charged with unlawfully detaining a woman for almost a month, with the alleged victim found in a flat with bruises on her face and body before later dying in hospital. Two other individuals were also arrested for allegedly helping the suspects. Police said on Sunday they had received a report on…
Hong Kong police are investigating after a partially charred body was discovered near a lake on Lantau Island. Staff at the Inspiration Lake Recreation Centre called police at 3.30pm on Sunday to report the discovery. Officers and Fire Services Department personnel arrived and launched an investigation. A couple reportedly spotted the body beneath a tree….
Five Hongkongers have been charged with unlawfully detaining a woman for almost a month, with the alleged victim found in a flat with bruises on her face and body before later dying in hospital. Two other individuals were also arrested for allegedly helping the suspects. Police said on Sunday they had received a report on…
More than 300 mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong were victims of phone scams last year with losses reaching HK$230 million (US$29.5 million), according to the city’s security chief who added that police had logged 16 such cases in January this year alone. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Saturday that losses from…
A Hong Kong tourist has been killed in Japan after being hit by a train while reportedly taking photographs standing on the line. The woman was standing on railway tracks to take photos of the sea before being hit by a train in Otaru city in Hokkaido on Thursday, Xinhua news agency said, citing Japanese…
A Hong Kong tourist has been killed in Japan after being hit by a train while reportedly taking photographs standing on the line. The woman was standing on railway tracks to take photos of the sea before being hit by a train in Otaru city in Hokkaido on Thursday, Xinhua news agency said, citing Japanese…
Hong Kong authorities have said they are helping a local woman reportedly seriously injured in a traffic accident at an airport in Taiwan. The Immigration Department said on Thursday it had immediately offered assistance to the woman upon receiving a call from her family members, promising to keep in touch and follow up on the…