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Crime news including the latest on murder cases, the hunt for serial killers, triads, court cases and trials, shootings, burglary, armed robbery and corruption.
Albert Yuen was appointed as an advisor for the FEHD for a year in November 2023. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong politics

Ex-Hong Kong police deputy commissioner Albert Yuen set for hygiene chief role

Yuen will assume office on Tuesday after retiring from nearly four-decade police career.

Royalty

Norwegian crown princess’ son to be jailed 4 years for rape, domestic violence

Pakistan

Australian girl dies after Pakistani police ‘mistakenly’ shoots family, officer arrested

Malaysia

Viral video of Indonesian helper being beaten in Malaysia prompts calls to act

Four suspects were detained in Johor as an Indonesian MP urged President Prabowo to intervene over the abuse in a private home.

A still from the viral social media video shows the assault of an Indonesian domestic worker at a house in Taman Johor, Malaysia. Photo: Threads
Britain

UK anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson says he was detained under terrorism laws

Police said a man in his 40s had been arrested under the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act as he flew back to Britain from Russia.

Britain

British commandos board Russian shadow fleet tanker, Zelensky grateful

The UK has sanctioned almost 600 Russian oil tankers, as part of Western governments’ efforts to disrupt revenue that funds Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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Americas and the Caribbean

How did a Venezuelan school dropout become a crime boss on the US hit list?

Guerrero Flores, known as the ‘child warrior’, led the powerful Tren de Aragua gang before his demise in a raid announced by Trump on Friday.

Soldiers raid the Tocoron Penitentiary Centre, where the Tren de Aragua gang originated, in Venezuela in September 2023. Photo: AP
Americas and the Caribbean

Armed men in Haiti’s capital seize top official in rare high-level abduction

Security expert James Boyard was cabinet director of the defence ministry and also inspector general of Haiti’s police.

Crime in Hong Kong

Police seize HK$7.2m of drugs, target syndicate recruiting using online gaming

Two of four arrested suspects recruited by syndicate through gaming platforms to help run drug packaging and distribution, force says.

United States

US judge reprimanded for having sex in chambers apologises: ‘I have no excuse’

Eleanor Ross wrote an apology letter for falsely accusing the clerk who exposed her conduct of poor work attitude.

Then senior assistant district attorney Eleanor Ross speaks in court on February 17, 2010 in Atlanta. Photo: Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP
Gun violence in the US

Suspect dead after West Texas shooting kills 1 and injures at least 9 others

Police say the suspect, Victor Mata Villarreal, had shot at officers just days earlier during a chase.

Law enforcement officers respond to a shooting in Midland, Texas, on Friday. Photo: Reporter-Telegram via AP
Hong Kong courts

Court extends order against college finance chief in HK$25m embezzlement case

Hong Kong Chu Hai College alleges that Ray Yip disguised illicit transactions as academic and administrative expenses.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong retiree gets 40 hours of community service for slapping 5-year-old boy

Court hears Lok Kam-ming, 61, lost his temper after hearing boy berate helper at Grand Yoho shopping centre.

Indonesia

Indonesia’s US$8 million visa scandal threatens drive for talent, investors

Public-sector corruption is an ‘open secret’ in Indonesia, analysts say, urging Jakarta to make the application process more transparent.

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People queue up at immigration counters at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali in February 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE
South Korea

Former South Korean president Yoon given 30 years over Pyongyang drone plot

Yoon is already serving a life sentence for insurrection over his short-lived martial law decree in 2024.

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Yoon Suk-yeol attends the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro as South Korean president on November 18, 2024. Photo: AFP
Singapore

Singapore charges construction firm, boss over Tanjong Katong sinkhole lapses

Ohin Construction’s building works allegedly caused a sinkhole to open up along Tanjong Katong Road South last July, swallowing a car.

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Canada

Canadian policeman killed during investigation tied to US consulate shooting

Marc Pinizotto, 43, was shot by a suspect and died of his wounds in hospital.

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Protests around the world

Belfast stabbing victim ‘improving’ and may soon wake from coma

Stephen Ogilvie lost his left eye and suffered deep head and back wounds in a brutal attack that sparked violent unrest in Northern Ireland.

Police attempt to disperse protesters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday. Photo: AP
Gun violence in the US

US man pleads guilty to assassinating Minnesota House speaker and husband

Vance Boelter admits to murdering Melissa and Mark Hortman and wounding state Senator John Hoffman and his wife.

Crime in Hong Kong

16 arrested over bogus MPF withdrawal requests due to serious health problems

Superintendent says suspects include two alleged intermediaries who recruited and helped MPF members to file fraudulent applications.

Singapore

Singapore uncovers US$18 million scheme to dodge US mattress tariffs, 3 charged

The men allegedly declared China-made mattresses as Singapore goods to avoid paying US anti-dumping duties.

A seized mattress bears an allegedly falsified “Made in Singapore” stamp on its tag. Photo: Singapore Customs
Thailand

Thai court sentences 2 Uygur men to death for 2015 Bangkok shrine bombing

The worst attack on the city in recent history killed 20, including tourists from China, Malaysia and Singapore.

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Police cordon off the site of a bomb blast at the Erawan shrine in Bangkok on August 18, 2015. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Trainee doctor reported to police for allegedly accessing patient data illicitly

Hospital Authority says it also warned woman over earlier misconduct while interning at Ruttonjee Hospital in Wan Chai.

Human rights

Video | Indonesian soldiers guilty of acid attack on activist

The court ruled that the soldiers acted on their own initiative out of revenge, but critics called the verdict ‘a blatant whitewash’.

Indonesia

Indonesian soldiers jailed for up to 3 years over acid attack on activist

Amnesty International called the trial for the attack, which left Andrie Yunus blind in one eye, ‘a blatant whitewash’.

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An Indonesian military police officer escorts military personnel charged over an acid attack on human rights activist Andrie Yunus into the courtroom on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
The Philippines

Filipino ex-cop in South Korean’s murder caught after 2 years on the run

Rafael Dumlao had been in hiding since the Philippine Supreme Court upheld a lower court conviction for Jee Ick-joo’s murder.

Rafael Dumlao is seen in his booking photos. Photo: Department of the Interior and Local Government
Pakistan

Acid attack on female doctor forces Pakistani women to reconsider medicine

The attack on Mahnoor Nasir at her hospital has shown the risk of violence and social disparities women face in Pakistan.

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Britain

Protesters torch buildings and vehicles, block roads over Belfast stabbing

A suspect from Sudan has been arrested for the brutal attack that was captured in a graphic video.

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