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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.
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Hong Kong courts
Hong Kong campsite operator who murdered ‘alien’ girlfriend jailed for life
5 hours ago
Macau
Hong Kong customs seizes nearly 1,000 smuggled turtles worth HK$1 million
18 Mar 2026 - 7:45PM
Gary Chan Hak-kan
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.
18 Mar 2026 - 5:31PM
Accidents and personal safety
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.
17 Mar 2026 - 8:55PM
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.
17 Mar 2026 - 6:57PM
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Hong Kong subway shootout in 2006 leaves 2 policemen dead – SCMP archive
20 years ago, an off-duty policeman who turned out to be one of Hong Kong’s most notorious serial killers shot two constables in a Tsim Sha Tsui subway.
17 Mar 2026 - 10:45AM
Sexual harassment and assault
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Tate brothers party in Hong Kong, sparking controversy
Andrew and Tristan Tate, brothers who are facing rape and human trafficking charges in Romania and the UK, visited Lan Kwai Fong and a restaurant in Causeway Bay.
16 Mar 2026 - 10:12PM
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.
16 Mar 2026 - 7:52PM
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.
17 Mar 2026 - 11:37AM
Hong Kong society
Body tied to bags of bricks found off Hong Kong pier in ‘suspicious’ case
Police investigating after body of 60-year-old woman attached to bags of bricks found floating at Sai Kung pier.
15 Mar 2026 - 6:42PM
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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.
15 Mar 2026 - 4:48PM
Hong Kong national security law
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.
15 Mar 2026 - 6:52PM
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.
14 Mar 2026 - 8:46PM
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Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)
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.
14 Mar 2026 - 7:43PM
Hong Kong economy
Editorial
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Zero tolerance for insider trading central to Hong Kong’s financial future
Crackdown on wrongdoers a welcome sign of regulatory vigilance that is vital to the city’s role as an international finance hub.
14 Mar 2026 - 7:15AM
Hong Kong customs
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.
12 Mar 2026 - 11:07PM
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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.
11 Mar 2026 - 7:36PM
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.
11 Mar 2026 - 5:09PM
Hong Kong society
Letters
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In confronting child abuse, Hong Kong must reckon with the problem’s origins
Readers discuss the cycle of abuse, and an opportunity for Hongkongers to learn more about Ramadan.
11 Mar 2026 - 11:30AM
Hong Kong economy
Hong Kong customs seizes more fuel-smuggling vehicles as Iran war lifts prices
Price gap between mainland China and Hong Kong, combined with rising fuel costs, creates economic incentive for criminals to take risk, customs says.
11 Mar 2026 - 10:59PM
Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong
11 domestic helpers among 20 arrested in Hong Kong crackdown on illegal labour
Six residents among those arrested are the owners or in charge of companies allegedly involved.
10 Mar 2026 - 7:23PM
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Hong Kong courts
Policeman gets 16 months for extorting HK$60,000 from rape case suspect
Ng Wai-fung jailed after ‘pursuing justice’ for a 16-year-old girl by demanding money from a suspect he thought prosecutors had wrongly freed.
10 Mar 2026 - 9:48PM
Hong Kong courts
CityU professor convicted of offering HK$1,000 bribe to avoid tenancy payout
The 48-year-old claimed he believed the tenancy deal was a non-binding memorandum, which the court rejected as ‘incredible’.
10 Mar 2026 - 3:41PM
Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)
Chinese embassy warns nationals in UK of scammers posing as Hong Kong ICAC staff
Fraudsters posing as anti-corruption officials targeting Chinese nationals into transferring funds, embassy warns.
10 Mar 2026 - 3:13PM
Hong Kong courts
Immigration Department worker who repeatedly assaulted wife, son spared jail
Defendant ‘ATK’ sentenced to 200 hours of community service for assaults that took place between 2021 and 2025.
9 Mar 2026 - 8:06PM
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy
Hong Kong police recover credit card amid theft fears at fire-hit Tai Po estate
Suspected misused card found in sealed Wang Fuk Court flat as police tighten security following burglary and arrests of construction workers.
9 Mar 2026 - 7:57PM
Hong Kong
Hong Kong police arrest man over alleged indecent assault and fight
Suspect, 40, accused of assaulting woman in stairwell in Sham Shui Po before getting into an altercation with her husband.
9 Mar 2026 - 5:01PM
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