A man has been charged in Hong Kong for allegedly robbing nearly HK$3 million (US$382,170) worth of pre-owned valuables including Hermes handbags from a shop before fleeing to Thailand and being sent back to the city. Police said that the suspect, 30, would appear at West Kowloon Court on Saturday morning. He is alleged to…
A man has been charged in Hong Kong for allegedly robbing nearly HK$3 million (US$382,170) worth of pre-owned valuables including Hermes handbags from a shop before fleeing to Thailand and being sent back to the city. Police said that the suspect, 30, would appear at West Kowloon Court on Saturday morning. He is alleged to…
A Hong Kong doctor jailed for sexually assaulting a teenager in a crowded train compartment has had his medical licence suspended for nine months, with an inquiry panel finding that his actions had “tarnished the reputation” of practitioners in the city. Sunny Li Wing-hei was jailed for two weeks in May 2023 after he was…
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a man after he allegedly arrived in the city on a flight from Thailand with cannabis buds worth about HK$5.4 million (US$696,200) in his suitcase. The Customs and Excise Department said on Thursday that the 49-year-old man had flown into the city from Bangkok the day before. During customs…
Hong Kong customs officers have seized about 53 million suspected black market cigarettes worth an estimated HK$240 million (US$30.9 million) in two large-scale operations targeting goods being smuggled in by sea in the past few days. A captain and six crew members aged between 28 and 51 were arrested in connection with one of the…
Hong Kong police have arrested three men on suspicion of drug trafficking, seizing seven kilograms of heroin with a street value of HK$4.3 million (US$553,000). The force revealed on Sunday that officers from the narcotics bureau had arrested the trio aged between 27 and 46 on the previous day in during a raid on a…