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Customs displays evidence seized during the raids. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong customs arrests 5 people, seizes HK$2.2 million in counterfeit eyewear

Officers raid five shops across city in special operation assisted by trademark owners.

Crime in Hong Kong

Paralegals among 16 people arrested over ‘crash-for-cash’ scams in Hong Kong

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong businessman Jason Poon, 5 others arrested in HK$6 million fraud case

Crime in Hong Kong

2 Hongkongers held after raids on 3 illegal fuel stations amid oil price spike

Joint crackdown by Fire Services Department and Customs and Excise Department led to arrest of a suspected station operator and customer.

The illicit fuel station in a car park at Lok Wah North Estate in Ngau Tau Kok. Photo: Sam Tsang
The illicit fuel station in a car park at Lok Wah North Estate in Ngau Tau Kok. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong campsite operator who murdered ‘alien’ girlfriend jailed for life

Judge says Tang Lung-fai, 56, was merciless as he killed live-in girlfriend Fok Sin-yee, 38, in ‘vicious, brutal and savage attack’.

Hong Kong courts

Former Hong Kong lawmaker denies abetting criminal activity in mainland China

Ex-lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan says those backed by his alliance should not have been considered as violating mainland law in the first place.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong customs seizes nearly 1,000 smuggled turtles worth HK$1 million

Two men arrested after officers find reptiles in car boot at Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge control point.

Hong Kong customs officers have seized 986 smuggled live turtles. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong customs officers have seized 986 smuggled live turtles. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong actor Gregory Wong loses appeal against 2019 Legco storming conviction

Court of Appeal also dismissed complaints by six others convicted over storming of Legislative Council Complex during protests.

Crime in Hong Kong

Scammers impersonate Hong Kong lawmaker to defraud woman of HK$38,000

Legislator Gary Chan condemns ‘despicable’ scam and urges vigilance after fraudsters impersonating him trick woman into transferring money.

Hong Kong courts

One-party rule contradicts constitution, anti-China activist tells trial

Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan says call to end ‘dictatorship’ promotes democratic rights, does not mean ousting Communist Party.

Former lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan stands accused of subversion over calls to end China’s “one-party dictatorship”. Photo: Winson Wong
Crime in Hong Kong

Woman wanted over possible illegal fuel truck that went up in flames

Truck reduced to a charred wreck at a car park on Container Port Road South in Kwai Chung.

The truck is engulfed by a fierce fire in Kwai Chung. Photo: Handout
The truck is engulfed by a fierce fire in Kwai Chung. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s ICAC charges ex-professor over bribe to admit master’s student

Anti-corruption agency charges Liu Hongbin with accepting HK$40,000 bribe and offering red packets to colleagues to facilitate admission.

Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong cannot extradite Tates without UK or Romania requests, lawmakers say

Videos show Andrew and Tristan Tate surrounded by crowds in Lan Kwai Fong, where onlookers are seen taking photographs and selfies with the influencers.

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Hong Kong courts

Senior Hong Kong policeman denies molesting clerk in indecent assault case

Civil Service Bureau clerk accuses officer Ian Chow, 50, of patting her buttocks and propositioning her multiple times in 2024.

Senior Superintendent Ian Chow leaves Eastern Court on Monday. Photo: Brian Wong
Hong Kong society

Couple to face child neglect charges after son swept into sea during typhoon

Five-year-old’s parents arrested in January after they took family to Hong Kong waterfront amid No 8 typhoon warning signal last September.

The man, who jumped into the water after his wife and child were swept into the sea, is stretchered off a rescue boat in September last year. Photo: Handout
The man, who jumped into the water after his wife and child were swept into the sea, is stretchered off a rescue boat in September last year. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Hongkonger, 28, held as HK$20 million of suspected cocaine seized in house

Police believe 28-year-old jobless man was recruited by syndicate to manage storage and deliveries to buyers.

Crime in Hong Kong

Terrorism threat in Hong Kong ‘moderate’ amid Middle East war: security chief

Secretary for Security Chris Tang says city has one of world’s lowest crime rates despite having fewer CCTV cameras compared with other places.

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Crime in Hong Kong

2 monks brawl during temple ceremony in Hong Kong, leaving 1 injured

Police say one monk has been arrested after fight at repentance service at Chuk Lam Sim Yuen.

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Chuk Lam Sim Yuen in Tsuen Wan. Photo: Google Maps
Chuk Lam Sim Yuen in Tsuen Wan. Photo: Google Maps
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency seeks 50 new officers, refuses to ease criteria

‘We think that challenges will only get more complex and the situation will only get tougher,’ academy director Paul Lau says at learning event.

Hong Kong courts

2 anti-China activists have case to answer in subversion trial, court rules

Hong Kong judges say prosecutors’ evidence suggests Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung might have incited others to oust Communist Party leadership.

Hong Kong economy

More illegal refuelling complaints as Hong Kong grapples with rising oil prices

City receives 221 reports of illegal petrol stations in January and February, or more than four times 2025’s monthly average.

Hong Kong Fire Services Department officers crack down on an illicit petrol station at Yick Fung Building in To Kwa Wan, where three 1,000-litre containers were used for unauthorised storage and refuelling operations. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong sends ‘very strong message’ with insider-trading arrests

Joint operation by ICAC and SFC shows commitment to protecting city’s status as a fundraising hub, analysts say.

The logo of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) at the office in Quarry Bay. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
The logo of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) at the office in Quarry Bay. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Crime in Hong Kong

2 arrested in raid on Hong Kong syndicate accused of laundering HK$4.7 billion

Group operated through two companies that channelled funds through more than 2,100 transactions and ran drug business, customs says.

Hong Kong courts

Former Hong Kong councillor jailed for laundering phone scam proceeds

Sheep Wong, who said he wanted to repay gambling debts and help cover his father’s medical costs, sentenced to three years and nine months.

Crime in Hong Kong

Mother held after unattended son throws items from flat, damaging car

Woman, 29, held over neglect after four-year-old, reportedly left home alone, threw objects from fifth-floor window onto car below.

A video widely shared online shows several objects being thrown from the building’s fifth floor, hitting the car parked by the roadside and smashing its rear windscreen. Photo: Facebook
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