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Ho Siu-tung will be sentenced on May 26 at Tsuen Wan Court. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police officer guilty of taking bribes worth HK$1.1m to drop case

Suspended chief inspector Ho Siu-tung, 40, succumbed to greed after struggling to maintain family’s affluent lifestyle on monthly income of HK$100,000.

Hong Kong

Unemployed man gets suspended jail term for reposting call to boycott Legco poll

Hong Kong protests

4 plead guilty to rioting during 2019 PolyU siege in Hong Kong

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong court confiscates HK$674,860 from 3 defendants in terrorism trial

High Court declares money raised by ‘Dragon Slaying Brigade’ constituted terrorist property under ordinance.

The bomb plot was formed during the months-long protests in 2019. Photo: Sam Tsang
Accounting and auditing

Hong Kong court to hear Evergrande liquidators’ lawsuit against PwC on Monday

PwC faces fresh legal battle after SFC ordered HK$1 billion payout to Evergrande minority shareholders and AFRC imposed HK$300 million fine.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong chief justice urges senior counsel to uphold public trust in courts

Andrew Cheung says role requires integrity and judgment as six named senior counsel this year.

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Hong Kong

Embattled Hong Kong developer sued for HK$130 million, days after founder’s death

Lofter Group founder Carol Chow, who reportedly died by suicide on Tuesday, was already facing bankruptcy petition over unspecified debts.

Lofter Group, known for its urban renewal projects across the city’s core districts, and an affiliated company were named as defendants in the High Court action initiated by Earth Core Holdings. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong inquest finds rare gastroscopy complication caused man’s death

Coroner rules death caused by brain swelling after procedure at Queen Mary Hospital in 2024, with rapid deterioration limiting treatment options.

Hong Kong national security law

3 suspects arrested over military drills appear in court on subversion charges

Wong Kit-lun, Tang Ngai-pok and Chan Hiu-chun charged with conspiracy to subvert state power.

Hong Kong

Legal Tales | How China’s Song dynasty beat Wall Street to fiat currency by centuries

Ancient China’s invention of paper money laid the foundations of modern sovereign finance, shaping systems that still influence the global economy today.

Ancient China’s invention of paper money laid the foundations of modern sovereign finance. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Jimmy Lai’s case a reminder that the media cannot behave with impunity

To ignore or condone the Jimmy Lais and Apple Dailies of the world is to encourage the hypocrisy and abuses seen in news reporting today.

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Correctional Services Department vehicles leave the West Kowloon Court where former media boss Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison for violating the national security law, on February 9. Photo: Eugene Lee
HKUST

Ex-HKUST professor guilty of taking HK$40,000 to secure student’s admission

Liu Hongbin, 63, abused authority to help student secure admission into master’s programme in environmental health and safety.

Crime in Hong Kong

Helper molested 10-year-old girl while waking her up, Hong Kong court hears

Domestic helper denies four counts of indecent assault for allegedly molesting daughters of her former employer.

Crime in Hong Kong

Debt-ridden Hongkonger pleads guilty to attempted murder of family in flat

Wong Pak-ting, 45, tried to kill wife, three daughters and himself out of fear they would be harrassed for his business debts, Hong Kong court hears.

Shan King Estate in Tuen Mun, where Wong Pak-ting attempted to kill himself and his family. Photo: Google Map
Crime in Hong Kong

Community service for pair in their 60s who had sex at Hong Kong pier

Saleswoman, sailor given 80 hours of community work for public indecency after being caught on video committing sexual acts at Cheung Chau pier.

An aerial view of Cheung Chau pier and Tung Wan beach at Cheung Chau island. Photo: James Wendlinger
Super Typhoon Ragasa

Couple who took children storm chasing during typhoon spared criminal sentence

Court imposes three-year, HK$2,000 bind-over on joint charge of child neglect after they took their kids, aged 5 and 9, to see waves during storm.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong rugby player denies molesting woman at bar, but admits vandalism

Faizal Solomona pleads guilty to damaging door bolt at Central police station, but denies groping woman at Wyndham Street bar last year.

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Crime in Hong Kong

3 convicted in Hong Kong’s largest football match-fixing scandal in years

Two players and betting agent found guilty of bribing footballers to rig match results across city’s top two leagues between 2021 and 2023.

Footballer Luciano Silva da Silva arrives at the West Kowloon court for a match-fixing case. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong society

Australian remanded on fresh eat-and-run charges in Hong Kong after earlier fine

Samuel Monkivitch allegedly fled four other restaurants without paying bills totalling more than HK$2,000 and destroyed electronic property.

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International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed)

Hong Kong-based mediation body resolves international maritime dispute

International Organisation for Mediation hails dispute resolution between parties from mainland China and Singapore as milestone.

Hong Kong

Court overturns murder conviction of man who killed girlfriend, orders retrial

Court of Appeal rules in favour of Law Wai-man, saying trial judge had not properly directed jury to fully consider his violent personality traits.

Police escort the murder suspect to Po Lam Estate for investigation in March 2019. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Australian lawyer fined for fleeing restaurant, massage parlour without paying

Samuel Anthony Monkivitch, 50, pleads guilty in Hong Kong court to two counts of making off without payment and one of common assault.

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Samuel Anthony Monkivitch has been fined for fleeing a restaurant and a massage parlour without paying. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong

Legal Tales | My first 3 minutes in Hong Kong’s court

A barrister looks back on how his first hearing taught him about the importance of being knowledgeable and precise, even in brief proceedings.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong teen lured 4 victims for gang to rob and blackmail, court hears

Hau Yan-ki, now 23, on trial for role in three alleged robberies during which victims were beaten up and forced to transfer money to gang.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong ‘block trade king’ exploited bank lapse to make HK$1.7m, court told

Prosecutors allege Simon Sadler and Daniel La Rocca used confidential information about planned block trade to sell more than 1.7 million Esprit shares.

The trial before Judge Josiah Lam is scheduled to last 25 days. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong

Ex-Hong Kong inspector with HK$2 million debt jailed for lying to colleagues

Tang Chun-ho, 45, falsely claimed bank was pursuing him over loan, borrowing HK$130,000 from colleague.

Kwun Tong Court sentenced Tang Chun-ho to six weeks in jail. Photo: Jelly Tse
Equal Opportunities Commission

Transgender student sues Hong Kong school over ‘discriminatory’ hair policy

Lawsuit alleges school ignored gender identity and subjected student to ‘public humiliation and rebukes’, causing distress and embarrassment.

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Hong Kong

Beautician convicted of blackmailing ‘cash machine’ ex-lover for HK$2.6 million

Court also finds Li Yanlin guilty of doxxing after she uploaded videos to YouTube revealing identity of married finance director she briefly dated.

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