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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.
The joint enforcement action, code-named Operation Boldhawk, targeted a criminal chain that sent malicious text messages to residents, Superintendent Hui Yee-wai (centre) says. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Hong Kong, mainland police smash HK$16.8 million cross-border phishing syndicate

Fifteen arrested after scammers impersonated government services, including Water Supplies Department, to dupe victims.

Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)

Football players, coaches among 19 arrested over match-fixing and illegal betting

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong beautician pleads guilty to luring 2 women into Myanmar scam factory

Hong Kong police

Porn star Erena So arrested in Hong Kong for promoting overseas gambling website

Police discover illegal betting website hiring local personalities as brand ambassadors to attract gamblers.

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A screenshot of Erena So from a video promoting an overseas gambling website. Photo: Handout
Animal welfare in Hong Kong

Calls for harsher crackdown on wildlife trafficking after 64 animals found in flat

Woman arrested after authorities alerted to crocodile on balcony and find endangered iguanas, tortoises, savannah monitors and snakes inside.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Exclusive | ‘No limits’ to accountability over Tai Po fire, security chief Chris Tang says

Secretary for security says committee investigating blaze will deliver results in a timely manner and commission of inquiry not needed.

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Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong national security police arrest 2 bookshop owners over alleged sedition

Hunter Bookstore owners, former district councillor Leticia Wong and local man arrested on suspicion of committing acts with seditious intent.

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Leticia Wong owns Hunter Bookstore in Sham Shui Po. Photo: Natalie Wong
Hong Kong police

29 arrested in crackdown on loan sharks who charged victims 3,000% in interest

Syndicate set up call centre and posed as licensed finance companies, tricking victims into taking out loans.

Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police arrest 15-year-old driver and his father in Wan Chai

15-year-old non-Chinese boy and father, 48, held during routine traffic enforcement operation at junction of Marsh Road and Hung Hing Road.

Hong Kong police

Man arrested over impersonating ride-hailing driver, breaching visa terms

Officers from force’s traffic New Territories North headquarters carry out undercover operation, disguising themselves as passengers.

Police conduct an undercover operation in the New Territories. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong courts

Ex-Chinese official’s son held in Hong Kong over HK$64m money laundering case

Xiao Rui, 37, also set to be penalised for using bogus bank records to deceive Immigration Department into granting him right of abode.

A bank teller counts yuan in Haian. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Crime

Hong Kong police arrest 69 over laundering HK$200m from cross-border fraud

Suspects aged 18 to 60 held in joint operation targeting syndicate using mule accounts to launder proceeds from investment scams.

Hong Kong courts

Boy, 5, starved to death was half normal weight for age, Hong Kong court told

Mother, 38, pleads guilty to count of manslaughter and another of cruelty to child over the death of son, age five, in September 2022.

Hong Kong International Airport

4 more suspects arrested over HK$7 million gold bar robbery at Hong Kong airport

Three men and a woman handed over by mainland authorities, bringing number of suspects held over airport car park case to 13.

Police officers with one of the four suspects handed over by mainland authorities. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong courts

1 year in prison for man who forced 2 Thai women into prostitution in Hong Kong

Gang member Chiu Hon-leung ordered subordinates to lock women in Yau Ma Tei flat in 2023 but was arrested after victims alerted Thai consulate.

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The two Thai women were trafficked to Hong Kong and locked in a flat on Temple Street. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Sexual harassment and assault

Opinion | Speed up law reform on child sexual abuse

Cases surge despite an overall drop in rape and indecent assault cases. The government pledges to tighten laws before the end of its term.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong father, son arrested after parking ticket thrown at traffic wardens

Man, 61, and his 31-year-old son arrested outside Sam Shing food stalls for allegedly assaulting public officers.

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Hong Kong International Airport

Man suspected of 3 burglaries in Hong Kong arrested at airport

Suspect, 26, allegedly stole gold ornaments, jewellery and cash from three homes, with total loss estimated at HK$736,000.

Two of the alleged break-ins occurred at the Sausalito estate in Ma On Shan. Photo: Google Maps
Hong Kong

Suspect arrested after man attacked with rock in alleged attempted robbery

Police say man, 36, reported that he had been assaulted while parking his car at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in early hours.

Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police arrest 7 over HK$7 million gold bar robbery at knifepoint

Victim ambushed at airport car park while carrying six gold bars, with some suspects believed to have fled to mainland China.

Hong Kong society

Easy money or risky business? What can Hong Kong do as prediction markets boom?

Despite official warnings ahead of World Cup, Polymarket and Kalshi remain popular with residents who bet on everything from politics to weather.

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Hong Kong police

9 arrested after HK$2.7 million in cash, goods stolen from Hong Kong farm

Senior inspector says eight men and a woman arrested over two burglaries at farm that took place on May 23 and last Friday.

Some of the items recovered by police. Photo: Facebook/HK Police
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong court jails man for 14 years over ‘evil’ bomb plot

Defendant, 35, admits to making explosives as part of a plot against authorities to plunge the city into ‘maximum chaos’ during 2019 unrest.

Hong Kong society

Legal Tales | Where do office supplies belong? Here’s a hint: it’s in the name

As petty as taking a pen or coffee capsule home seems, it’s technically a crime under Hong Kong employment laws.

Hong Kong

Sexual abuse cases against children up 20% as security chief vows tighter laws

Hong Kong police figures show there were 797 cases of sexual offences against children under 17 last year, up from 663 in 2024.

Sexual abuse cases against children in Hong Kong rose 20 per cent in 2025 from the previous year, according to latest figures released by police. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest male suspect, 36, over sexual assaults on 4 drunk men

Police provisionally charge man who allegedly also recorded non-consensual sex acts with the four victims, aged between 19 and 23.

The Yau Tsim Mong district crime squad is handling the investigation. Photo: Jelly Tse
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong van driver arrested over deaths of firefighter and wife in crash

Driver, 44, held on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death in collision with a taxi on Tsing Sha Highway.

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Hong Kong courts

Filmmaker Raymond Wong begins jail sentence, giving up bail as he awaits appeal

Wong, 80, does not give reason for relinquishing bail, but starts serving five-month jail term after being convicted of insider trading.

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