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The late Baby Jane Allas in 2019. Under the Disability Discrimination Ordinance, it is unlawful for an employer to fire an employee on the grounds of their disability. Photo: AFP
Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

Watchdog seeks HK$250,000 for family of late helper sacked during cancer battle

District Court holds hearing to assess how much compensation should be awarded, five years after death of Baby Jane Allas.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Bid-rigging trial over HK$700 million in renovation work set for 2028 at earliest

Hong Kong national security law

City leader’s new national security powers will not affect appeals: minister

Crime in Hong Kong

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 in Hong Kong

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

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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Crime in Hong Kong

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.

The High Court convicted Cheung Lai-ming of four charges after he pleaded guilty to making explosives with a view to carrying out attacks between August 2019 and May 2022. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s top court rejects challenge to law banning calls for election boycotts

Judges say criminalising boycott calls is proportionate to safeguard elections and counter “organised campaigns” after 2019 unrest.

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Crime in Hong Kong

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.

Crime in Hong Kong

Man ‘mistakenly beat girlfriend to death while trying to help her lose weight’

Ng Ka-sing, 29, denies murdering his girlfriend in Hong Kong village house in 2022.

Ng Ka-sing (centre) was arrested in 2022. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong

Hong Kong court rejects HK$12m claim against Cecilia Cheung over contract dispute

Former agent accuses actress of reneging on film appearances, but judge finds contract likely to be fabricated and no payment made.

Actress Cecilia Cheung leaves the High Court in December 2025. Photo: Edmond So
Mirror

Video | Mirror dancer paralysed in accident awarded HK$6.29m

A Hong Kong court has awarded the 31-year-old, who needs three carers to provide round-the-clock assistance, maximum compensation.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong tutor admits to molesting 5 boys, filming abuse as ‘mementos’

Man, 46, pleads guilty to 19 sex offences against boys aged seven to 14 at now-closed tutorial centre in Mei Foo between 2017 and 2023.

Mo Li Kai-yin

Mirror dancer left with ‘catastrophic disabilities’ awarded HK$6.29m in damages

Judge Phillis Loh grants 31-year-old Mo Li, who needs three carers to provide round-the-clock assistance, maximum compensation under various headings.

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Mo Li shares a video on Instagram of himself operating an electric wheelchair with the caption, "A 90 per cent introvert be like:" followed by an emoticon in March this year. Photo: Instagram/momo.lky
Hong Kong

HK$2,000 bind-over for helper who slapped employer’s child during meal

Hong Kong court imposes three-year good behaviour bond for assault charge after helper slapped girl for refusing to eat her dinner.

The Eastern Court building in Sai Wan Ho. Photo: Eugene Lee
Crime in Hong Kong

British tourist wanted after jumping bail over Hong Kong airport vandalism

Youcef Bennoui, 35, failed to appear at West Kowloon Court to answer charges of criminal damage and possession of a Part 1 poison.

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Hong Kong national security law

Opinion | Why executive branches are best placed to gauge national security risks

Courts the world over sit on national security cases but defer to executive judgment on national security issues. Hong Kong is no different.

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Hong Kong

Court extends order against college finance chief in HK$25m embezzlement case

Hong Kong Chu Hai College alleges that Ray Yip disguised illicit transactions as academic and administrative expenses.

Ray Yip appeared for the first time at the High Court on Friday. Photo: Brian Wong
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong retiree gets 40 hours of community service for slapping 5-year-old boy

Court hears Lok Kam-ming, 61, lost his temper after hearing boy berate helper at Grand Yoho shopping centre.

Hong Kong

Editorial | As charges are laid in the Tai Po fire case, justice must be done

In bringing the first charges in little more than six months, the police and ICAC have acted with commendable speed.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong woman feared reporting teacher over assaults would harm him

Alleged offences took place between November 2019 and June 2024, when former student was aged between 14 and 19 years old.

Schoolteacher Cheng Hon-sze attends the trial at Tsuen Wan Court on Thursday. Photo: Brian Wong
Hong Kong

7 people, 2 firms face manslaughter, other charges over deadly Hong Kong fire

7 held roles in Wang Fuk Court’s renovation, with charges also filed against consultant Will Power Architects and contractor Prestige Construction and Engineering.

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The defendants, escorted by Correctional Services Department officers, leave the court. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong

Teacher gets good behaviour bond after slapping 13-year-old son in Hong Kong

Son alerted his school after being slapped at home, with mother admitting to acting ‘on impulse’.

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Hong Kong

Man jailed for 10 months over seditious messages thrown from Hong Kong flat

Raymond Wong wrote offensive messages targeting police, judges and mainland residents and threw them out of his window.

Hong Kong protests

Ex-law student convicted after court reverses acquittal of 2019 riot charge

Alice Tong, initially cleared of rioting in August 2021, weeps after court finds her guilty based on ‘overwhelming’ circumstantial evidence.

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Alice Tong in August 2021. The court remanded her in custody pending sentencing on July 15. Photo: Brian Wong
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong college sues finance head, director and firm over alleged HK$25m fraud

Hong Kong Chu Hai College claims misappropriated funds transferred to finance director Ray Yip, Ho Chung-ling and Rivers Design Engineering.

Hong Kong Chu Hai College is a private degree-granting institute in Tuen Mun. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Hong Kong film producer Raymond Wong sentenced to 5 months for insider trading

Wong granted bail pending appeal, fined HK$99,000 and ordered to pay HK$370,000 in legal costs for tipping sister on share trades in 2017.

Hong Kong politics

Editorial | National security law refinement aims to clarify, plug loopholes

The move does not involve expanded powers but provides greater certainty in implementation of the law. It will not affect those who are law-abiding.

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