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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.
Hong Kong has been repeatedly shocked by cases centred on parents allegedly trying to kill their children, with at least five recorded each year, according to a count of reports by the Post. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong

Call for Hong Kong to set up registry of filicide cases to reduce killings

Registry could include victims’ personal information, marital status of parents and patterns of social media use, one expert says.

Scams and swindles

Phone scams in Hong Kong up 22% in first 5 months of year but losses down

Hong Kong

Teacher, teen arrested at Hong Kong airport in ‘Ice’, ketamine drug cases

Hong Kong

Hong Kong should ban deepfake porn to protect victims: NGO and lawmakers

Law must be updated to tackle AI-generated pornographic content, advocates say, after university student accused of creating images of classmates.

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A student from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has been accused of generating pornographic images of dozens of classmates and other women using AI. Photo: Getty Images
Drugs

Hong Kong police seize HK$22 million of drugs in raid on flat, man arrested

Police say 38.6kg of drugs, including cocaine, ketamine and chemicals for manufacturing ‘space oil’, found in To Kwa Wan flat.

First Mention

When a Hong Kong drug queen escaped from a police station

Within an hour of being arrested over a HK$1 million heroin seizure, the suspect escaped from a police station, the Post reported.

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Hongkongers use driving schools over border to get cheap licences illegally

Locals saving time and money by obtaining permits from mainland China driving schools that help skirt city laws.

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One of the driving school in Shenzhen allegedly offering tailor-made packages for Hongkongers. Photo: Zhihu
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong must stop loan sharks from preying on the vulnerable

Consultation must result in reforms that better protect the public and ensure city’s notorious loan sharks are not able to prosper.

Education in Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong warns student over AI-generated porn pics of classmates

But victims dissatisfied that university fails to find student had committed any crime.

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Scams and swindles

2 arrested in Hong Kong after victims lose HK$10 million in fake-official scams

Scammers had asked accomplices to meet victims in hotels under the guise of conducting investigations, police say.

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Police say the scammers used fake documents to deceive their victims. Photo: Handout
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong man hurt in electric bike hit-and-run accident while crossing road

Pedestrian, 50, was crossing the road at a Light Rail stop in Tin Shui Wai when hit.

A screengrab of footage circulating online shows the pedestrian (in blue top) and the rider both lying on the road. Photo: Facebook/Steve Yeung
Accidents and personal safety

Crashed Mercedes-Benz car found abandoned in Hong Kong drainage channel

Police say driver of white Mercedes found in metres-deep drainage channel in Yuen Long has not been located.

Drugs

3 arrested after Hong Kong car chase uncovers drugs, weapons

Police say officers found 41 bags of suspected cocaine, a small amount of alleged cannabis and two telescopic batons inside car.

Hong Kong society

Letters | Hong Kong must unite to prevent criminal gangs from exploiting children

Readers discuss criminal syndicates preying on children, and steps schools should take to protect pupils on trips.

An anti-drug promotion truck is parked at the police headquarters in Wan Chai on April 29. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong doctor jailed for issuing Covid jab exemptions without medical checks

Dr Wong Ping-leung gets nine months in prison, as court hears how he made more than HK$4.6 million from those wanting to avoid vaccinations.

The District Court on Friday sentenced Dr Wong Ping-leung for his dishonest use of the government’s electronic health record system to generate the exemption certificates. Photo: SCMP
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81 arrested in Hong Kong crackdown on illegal use of electric bikes, scooters

Police conduct citywide operation targeting electric mobility devices, with some of those arrested saying they are food delivery riders.

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Hong Kong police vow to pursue fugitive singer Tommy Yuen ‘to the end’

Cantopop singer, 45, missed court appearance to face shoplifting charge and later said he never had any intention of showing up.

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Drugs

Hong Kong customs seizes HK$36 million of ketamine shipped from the Netherlands

Two men arrested after 80kg of ketamine was discovered concealed inside a truck engine within a sea freight consignment.

Hong Kong customs has seized 80kg of ketamine worth an estimated HK$36 million that was concealed inside a truck engine shipped from the Netherlands. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong ‘firefighter’ arrested for alleged dine-and-dash date scams

Police say man arrested on suspicion of obtaining property by deception for posing as firefighter to trick women into paying for lavish meals.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong customs seizes fake medicinal products worth HK$1.1 million, arrests 5

Officers raid four stores in commercial districts, with haul including counterfeit Angong Niuhuang pills and Ricqles Peppermint Cure.

Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong police arrest 4 linked to Taiwan-based group for alleged subversion

Boy, 15, among detained members of Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union, established in Taiwan last November.

Police display seized flags advocating Hong Kong independence. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong courts

Retired Hong Kong social worker admits defrauding authorities out of HK$16,780

Eddie Tse previously issued a legal challenge, which he later dropped, against government’s approval of San Tin Technopole environmental report.

Former social worker Eddie Tse will be sentenced on July 24. Photo: Jelly Tse
Scams and swindles

Hong Kong tech and telecoms giants unite to combat online fraud

Seven social media platforms and six telecommunications firms commit to stricter checks and enhanced user safety under new charter.

Hong Kong society

Hongkongers may soon be limited to 3 prepaid SIM cards per service provider

Authorities say they believe proposed measures can protect telecoms service users and effectively combat fraudulent activities involving prepaid SIM cards.

Hong Kong

Arrest warrant issued for singer Tommy Yuen, who says he has left Hong Kong

Ex-member of defunct boy band E-kids, who allegedly stole HK$144.50 worth of snacks from supermarket, fails to appear in court for shoplifting charge.

Hong Kong singer Tommy Yuen has been charged for allegedly stealing snacks from a Wellcome supermarket in Kowloon City. Photo: Facebook
Social media

Hong Kong police arrest boy, 13, on suspicion of drug trafficking

Officers raided teen’s Mong Kok home and seized HK$530,000 worth of drugs hidden in flat’s false ceiling.

Police seized narcotics worth about HK$530,000 hidden inside the teen’s Mong Kok home. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong courts

Mainland driver charged in Hong Kong for offering ride-hailing service illegally

Ye Hai, 41, faces three charges after he entered Hong Kong on two-way permit and alleged used online mapping service Amap to offer paid rides.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong scam losses down 25% in first 5 months of year, but cases up

But police chief reveals overall dip in crime, with 35,888 cases recorded during period, marking 2.8 per cent year-on-year decrease.

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