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Hong Kong crime news, including murder cases, triads, the hunt for serial killers, court cases and trials, shootings, burglary, armed robbery and corruption.
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Crime

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Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police hunt for helper who allegedly assaulted cancer patient, 81

Security footage circulating online shows helper restraining bedridden elderly woman and stuffing a towel into her mouth.

Security footage circulating online shows a domestic helper allegedly abusing a struggling 81-year-old woman. Photo: Handout
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Man jailed for 10½ years for HK$1.3 million robbery at Hong Kong jewellery store

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Ex-Hong Kong Cantopop singer Roy Chow arrested over illegal use of e-unicycle

Chow appears agitated in video circulating online, shouting ‘I did not hit anyone’ and ‘save me’ before officers pin him to the ground.

Former Hong Kong singer Roy Chow was arrested for riding an electric unicycle in Tin Shui Wai. Photo: Facebook/Ho Simon
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4 arrested as Hong Kong customs seizes over HK$25 million in contraband at sea

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Customs displays HK$25 million in contraband seized after chasing down smugglers at sea. Photo: May Tse

Hong Kong police arrest man for allegedly taking upskirt photos at MTR station

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Thai Airways passenger charged after HK$10,000 stolen from backpack

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Hong Kong courts

Ex-Hong Kong teacher jailed for 22 months over unlawful sex with pupil, 15

Religious studies teacher, 41, pleads guilty to two sexual offences against his former pupil at Christian school.

Delivering the sentence, District Judge Pang Chung-ping said the case was serious and exacerbated by the defendant’s breach of trust and the large age difference between him and the girl. Photo: Jelly Tse
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Secretary for Security Chris Tang has stressed that Jimmy Lai’s application for leave to appeal was dismissed through a summary procedure because “it was wholly devoid of merits”. Photo: Nora Tam
Education in Hong Kong

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Hong Kong customs arrests 1, seizes HK$33 million of suspected cocaine

Man held in connection with drug trafficking, as officers find suspected narcotic in commercial building in bustling Tsim Sha Tsui.

Crime

Hong Kong police to crack down on traffic offences after fatal accidents rise 40%

Officers to target both drivers and pedestrians by filming from elevated spots, along with plain-clothes patrols.

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The force will use existing traffic enforcement cameras installed on highways and at road junctions. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong man gets 5 years, 8 months in jail for slashing ex-wife in her sleep

Cheung Ka-cheung, 69, carried out ‘persistent and relentless’ attack on victim using cleaver and fruit knife, court hears.

Yiu On Estate in Ma On Shan. Photo: Google Maps
Hong Kong

Director of wedding ring business arrested in Hong Kong over incomplete orders

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Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong father found guilty of murdering girl, 3, by violently shaking her

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