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Kwong Shung House of Kwong Fuk Estate in Tai Po. Photo: Google
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Bottle of corrosive liquid thrown from Hong Kong public estate injures couple

Police say man sustained eye injuries, while woman suffered injuries to her arms and legs.

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Editorial | Hong Kong’s arrests over talent scheme scam show need for vigilance

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Hong Kong teen arrested for alleged drug trafficking after friend, 16, dies

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2 arrested in Hong Kong as customs seizes 249 vials of botulinum toxin

Customs officers inspected parcel sent from South Korea and later arrested 2 people at delivery address.

Customs officers seized vials, needles, syringes and other related equipment Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong children

Hong Kong issues guide for reporting suspected child abuse. The Post takes a look

Under coming law, members of 25 professions will face up to three months in prison and HK$50,000 fine if they fail to report suspected cases.

Hong Kong police

Returned Hong Kong absconder jailed for 12 years over trafficking drugs

Police say mainland Chinese authorities informed them in May that suspect was previously detained there for ‘illegally crossing the border’.

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Hong Kong society

Explainer | After 3 Hong Kong data breaches, here’s how to protect your private info

Customers’ details held by Cathay Pacific, Louis Vuitton and Hongkong Post targeted in recent string of data breaches.

Hong Kong has seen a recent spate of data breaches over several days. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong woman admits killing 1-year-old daughter in murder-suicide attempt

High Court reduces original charge of murder to manslaughter in light of evidence that defendant was in an impaired psychiatric state.

Animal welfare in Hong Kong

Hong Kong man, 71, arrested over abandoning sick dog near rubbish bin

Police say passer-by discovered animal at junction of Lai Chi Kok Road and Shek Kip Mei Street, but it died later at the scene.

Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific apologises to customers after 1,000 Asia Miles accounts hacked

Hong Kong flag carrier says no credit card information was leaked despite the hack.

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Cathay has urged members to remain vigilant by protecting their passwords. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong Football Festival 2025

2 arrested in Hong Kong for selling fake Liverpool jerseys, other football goods

Customs seizes HK$70,000 of counterfeit items, including Arsenal jerseys, from Mong Kong hawker stall ahead of Hong Kong Football Festival.

Hong Kong customs has seized about 1,000 suspected counterfeit products with an estimated value of about HK$70,000. Photo: ISD Handout
Hong Kong courts

Ex-Hong Kong social worker given community service for defrauding authorities

Eddie Tse sentenced to 120 hours of unpaid community work for defrauding authorities out of HK$16,780 in welfare benefits.

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Hong Kong economy

Letters | Why is Hong Kong law soft on predatory lending and debtor harassment?

Readers discuss an area where Hong Kong lags behind jurisdictions like Singapore, Malaysia’s new chief justice, and the dam project in Tibet.

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Hongkonger suffers knife wounds in bar fight involving 10 people

Police say dispute began with verbal argument inside a Tsim Sha Tsui bar and then escalated into physical confrontation.

The fight took place near Energy Plaza at 92 Granville Road in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong police

Fake water leak alert lures Hongkonger, 70, into HK$4 million online love scam

Victim is among nearly 20 people who lost HK$10 million in online romance scams over past two weeks.

Nearly 20 people have lost HK$10 million to love scams over the past two weeks. Photo: Handout
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Hong Kong police investigate Cambodian scam farm link to missing girl

Hong Kong police source says teenager has been found in Cambodia and is now under care of Chinese authorities in the country.

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Hong Kong talent scheme hopefuls from mainland China among 18 held over forgeries

Applicants accused of paying syndicate HK$2.5 million each to obtain fake documents such as academic qualifications to gain residency.

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Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong teen remanded in custody over scrawling seditious words in toilet

Leung Kai-lok appears in West Kowloon Court to face four counts, including one of sedition under domestic national security law.

Exterior of West Kowloon Court, where the teenager will be charged on Wednesday for alleged sedition. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong society

Australian man found dead in Hong Kong hotel, drug overdose suspected

Man found lying in the bathroom was pronounced dead at the scene, police say.

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2 held in Hong Kong over laundering HK$1.15 billion in case involving stablecoin

Men accused of using transactions and cash-smuggling operations to launder funds.

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Hong Kong courts

Ex-Cathay employee arrested in Hong Kong for alleged human trafficking role

Tsui Ying-kit, 44, charged with accepting bribes to help human trafficking syndicate after evading justice for 15 years.

Tsui Ying-kit, 44, was escorted to West Kowloon Court on Tuesday afternoon to face four counts of conspiracy for an agent to accept advantages. Photo: Felix Wong
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong teen dies after being found unconscious in bedroom with ‘space oil’

Source says officers discovered narcotic in bedroom where mother found her 17-year-old son, who had no suspicious injuries on body.

A police spokesman says officers discovered multiple dangerous substances in the flat, including a vape device containing liquid etomidate, the main ingredient in the drug commonly known as “space oil”. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police arrest 2 for stealing HK$200,000 using tampered cheques

Woman, 31, and man, 21, broke into postboxes in various industrial areas and used eraser to alter cheques’ payee details, police say.

Hong Kong police

Exclusive | Hong Kong police must be more transparent, but not if it harms probes: top cop

Public’s higher expectations of transparency mean force must help residents understand its work, police chief Joe Chow says.

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Hong Kong police

Exclusive | Hong Kong police chief vows technology push with robot dogs, CCTV and drones

Joe Chow says more advanced technology needed to tackle crime in modern era, but automation cannot replace human officers.

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Commissioner of Police Joe Chow says the force has procured a few robot dogs to explore how they could be used. Photo: Nora Tam
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Andy Lau channelled The Godfather to play Hong Kong’s most corrupt cop

Lee Rock, Lawrence Lau’s two-part Hollywood-style biopic of infamous policeman Lui Lok, painted a vivid picture of 1960s Hong Kong.

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Andy Lau in a still from Lee Rock, Lawrence Lau’s 1991 biography of Hong Kong cop Lui Lok that paid homage to Francis Ford Coppola’s classic gangster movie The Godfather.
Consumer protection in Hong Kong

Exclusive | Hong Kong customs ‘powerless to stop fake Labubu, Chiikawa toys without records’

Source says distributor Pop Mart and owner Nagano have not completed necessary recordation process with Customs and Excise Department.

Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton Hong Kong faces probe for data breach affecting 419,000 customers

Privacy watchdog launches investigation as names, passport numbers, addresses and shopping history among information leaked.

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