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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 police say they have received 1,503 reports of suspicious credit card transactions involving Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro series, totalling more than HK$30 million. Photo: Sam Tsang
Crime

Hong Kong police record 1,503 suspicious iPhone charges so far worth HK$30m

Police say all unauthorised iPhone 18 Pro transactions have been cancelled and Apple has been asked to review its payment security measures.

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Scams and swindles

Retired Hong Kong woman loses HK$2.9 million in online romance, fake app scam

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong man jailed 3 years for hammer attack on associate who later died

Hong Kong courts

Man who allegedly hid 3 spy cameras in Hong Kong gym changing rooms out on bail

Fung Kwok-wang, 34, granted HK$2,000 bail pending further probe into alleged voyeurism at 24/7 Fitness branch in Sha Tin but cannot leave city.

The 24/7 Fitness branch on Lek Yuen Street in Sha Tin, where the spy cameras were found. Photo: Edmond So
Mainland China

Customs arrests 2 after seizing HK$290,000 of ‘slimming injections’ from Japan

Man, 45, who collected parcel and woman, 41, who is named as consignee are released on bail, authorities say.

Hong Kong’s Immigration Department

Hong Kong cracks down on tourists abusing visas to run one-stop shop services

Immigration Department says four women, aged 20 to 31, arrested for allegedly breaching conditions of stay to offer tourist services.

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Hong Kong courts

Businessman Jason Poon and wife granted bail over alleged HK$6 million loan fraud

Hearing to be transferred to District Court, while couple’s bail conditions include remaining in Hong Kong and reporting weekly to police.

Jason Poon outside Kowloon City Court on Monday. Photo: Fiona Chow
Abby Choi - murder of a model

Court discharges jury in Abby Choi murder trial over sick juror, causing delay

Judge says court cannot simply replace outgoing juror, according to legal precedent, and a new jury will be empanelled on Wednesday.

Hong Kong police

Man charged over hidden cameras found in gym as police probe number of victims

Construction site foreman, 34, to appear at Sha Tin Court on Monday, after police identify suspect in recovered footage.

Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police hunt for man who stole HK$10,000 from claw machines using key

Store owner files police report after seeing thief in CCTV footage, with officers investigating how man obtained key.

CCTV footage shows a man opening several claw machines and emptying their cash boxes. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong police

7 teens swept up in police crackdown on bicycle-related offences in Tseung Kwan O

Force reveals it recently issued summonses to seven boys, aged 14 to 17, as part of an enforcement operation.

The force have said the seven teens are facing prosecution for allegedly failing to display a front white light and a rear red light in the dark or in low visibility, as well as cycling on a pavement “without obvious need”. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

Woman arrested over child abuse in Hong Kong after dashcam video shows boy shoved

Wan Chai officers investigate child abuse case after dashcam footage shows a woman pushing a boy into a metal roadside railing.

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Crime

Hong Kong police investigate suspected pinhole cameras in gym changing rooms

Officers found three devices across three cubicles of 24/7 Fitness gym in Sha Tin, police say.

Hong Kong

Whistle-blower Jason Poon and wife charged over HK$6 million Covid-19 loan fraud

Construction businessman and spouse Chu Shui-fong accused of submitting fake sales and salary records to defraud HSBC under government scheme.

Businessman Jason Poon leaves Kowloon City police station in March. Photo: Jelly Tse
Sha Tin

Police arrest 3 over HK$70,000 Jellycat claw machine shop theft

Suspects allegedly used crowbars to pry open machines in unstaffed Tai Wai shop before selling stolen goods to other operators.

Police display some of the recovered stolen toys. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong teacher jailed for 3 years for molesting pupil during free tutoring

Maths teacher, 31, also found to have taken intimate photos of nine-year-old boy and another victim, aged six.

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Abby Choi - murder of a model

Hong Kong model Abby Choi’s former relatives admit body disposal, deny murder

Guilty pleas revealed on Thursday, as nine-member jury empanelled for eight-week High Court trial.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Authorities may appeal engineer’s non-custodial sentence in hospital lift case

Government seeking legal advice after Law Wing-chai was sentenced to 160 hours of community service for improper submission of safety documents.

Uncovered defects in 24 of the 28 lifts at Queen Mary Hospital's new clinical block caused them to start or stop abruptly, be misaligned with floor levels or fail to open. Photo: Karma Lo
Mainland China

Hong Kong police search for woman after man found dead outside building

Man, 49, found on chair outside Tsim Sha Tsui building as bar worker charged over alleged role in moving body.

Animal welfare in Hong Kong

Activist charged after microchipped dog caught in probe into suspected attack

One of five strays caught in Yuen Long was registered to Kent Luk, founder of Paws Guardian Rescue Shelter.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong father admits repeatedly raping daughter over a 6-year period

The girl said her father began abusing her in 2015, when she was six, using threats and promises to ensure her cooperation.

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A Hong Kong father has admitted raping his daughter repeatedly over six years. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong courts

Engineer gets 160 hours’ community service over Queen Mary Hospital lift defects

Engineer convicted of submitting misleading documents and improperly issuing safety certificates after 24 lifts at Hong Kong hospital were found defective.

Law Wing-chai has been sentenced to 160 hours of community service after Eastern Court found he failed to exercise due care when inspecting lifts at Queen Mary Hospital’s new block. Photo: Fiona Chow
Hong Kong

Youth arrests in Hong Kong rise 20%, driven by assault and criminal-damage cases

Hong Kong police chief says 1,580 young people aged 10 to 20 arrested between January and June, with many ‘exploited’ in debt collection crimes.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong to bar firms with integrity offences from building renovation lists

Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn says applications to pre-qualify will open next Wednesday and lists rolled out by year-end.

Hong Kong

Free sports drinks with suspicious pinhole marks leave 14 Hong Kong students ill

Police investigating after drinks were handed out during lunch near school athletics meet at sports ground in Wong Tai Sin.

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Ambulaces were called after the students fell ill. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong courts

Indefinite time in psychiatric ward for Hong Kong man who killed 2 in mall

Judge accepts Szeto Sing-kwong’s diminished responsibility after he attacked two women at shopping centre during schizophrenic episode in 2023.

People lay flowers in memory of the two victims who were fatally stabbed at the Plaza Hollywood shopping centre in Diamond Hill in early June 2023. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong

Hong Kong woman, 80, loses HK$6 million to fake online investment expert

The case was among over 50 investment scams reported in Hong Kong last week, with total losses approaching HK$30 million.

Hong Kong

Nearly 50% rise in drug seizures by Hong Kong customs in first half of year

About 60 per cent of 5,704kg of narcotics seized in six-month period was cannabis and ketamine, with notable increases in smuggling via air and sea.

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