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The defendant was sentenced at the District Court in Wan Chai on Friday. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong

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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Greater Bay Area

Hong Kong’s IOMed poised to play key role in resolving Greater Bay Area disputes

Abby Choi - murder of a model

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

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Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong authorities won’t appeal court halt to 12,000-flat project on golf course

Court earlier revoked project’s environmental approval, with authorities opting not to appeal ‘holistically’ considering legal advice.

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A portion of the Fanling Golf Course was previously taken back by authorities, with a section of the recovered land originally set aside for a public housing project. Photo: Elson Li
The Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling. Photo: Dickson Lee
Television Broadcasts (TVB)

Actress Leila Tong sued over alleged contract breach and ‘manipulative conduct’

Hong Kong actress accused of breaching contract by dyeing her hair without consent and accepting outside engagements.

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.

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Crime in Hong Kong

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
Crime in Hong Kong

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.

Hong Kong

Coach who slapped boy, 8, at Hong Kong training camp spared criminal charges

Court imposes three-year good behaviour bond on Zhao Yiqun, 51, after she was also accused of ordering boy to stand under hot sun at camp.

Hong Kong national security law

Stand News editor had no intention of harming national security, court hears

Appeal judges say Patrick Lam failed to fact-check article containing false information, but still ran story after police countered claims.

The High Court in Admiralty. Photo: Sun Yeung
Crime in Hong Kong

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 society

Barristers dismiss calls for solicitors to gain senior counsel status in Hong Kong

Bar Association labels push to expand elite title ‘premature’, while Law Society argues appointments should be merit-based.

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Abby Choi - murder of a model

Murder trial of slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi’s former relatives to begin

Choi’s ex-husband, Alex Kwong, 31, his father Kwong Kau, 68, and elder brother Anthony Kwong, 35, face a joint count of murder.

Crime in Hong Kong

3 Jellycat, Labubu plushie thieves jailed for up to 2 years and 2 months

Three men, aged 33 to 36, stole 83 plush toys from two claw machine shops on the instructions of other suspects who remain at large.

Labubu toys are popular merchandise. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong

Hong Kong IT analyst charged with murdering wife at their flat

Wong Chi-Kwong, 51, remanded in custody after police found his wife dead in their flat in Heng Fa Chuen estate on Wednesday and arrested him.

The Eastern Court building in Sai Wan Ho. Photo: Eugene Lee
Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong hits out at US panel over Jimmy Lai hearing and sanctions bill

Government says US Congressional-Executive Commission on China is trying to ‘intimidate’ officials with sanctions.

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Accidents and personal safety

3 firms fined over HK$900,000 each for role in apprentice electrician’s death

Main contractor, two subcontractors found to have played role in fatal electrocution of worker handling wiring for solar panels amid rain.

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Accidents and personal safety

22 months’ jail for Hong Kong driver who fatally struck student at junction

Court slams Ernest Au Yeung’s reckless behaviour after NGO worker accelerated car to almost 100km/h to beat amber light on his way to work in 2024.

The District Court building in Wan Chai. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong court winds up Wang Fuk Court renovation consultant over debt

Will Power Architects, involved in HK$336 million renovation project at estate, is ordered wound up after failing to oppose creditor’s application.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong court ends trial after suspect in deadly 1991 hold-up dies of cancer

Wen Wenye, 62, who allegedly took part in murder and attempted robbery at second-hand goods shop, succumbs to lung cancer.

Hong Kong society

‘I just need an answer’: widow haunted by husband’s shooting seeks inquest

Two years after her mentally ill husband was fatally shot by a Hong Kong police officer, Mrs Li says she cannot forgive herself for calling for help.

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“I need no sympathy or pity. I just need an answer and hope to prevent this tragedy from happening again,” Mrs Li says. Photo: Dickson Lee
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong district councillor remanded in custody after underage sex conviction

Sei Chun-hing, 39, set to become first elected officer to face imprisonment for a criminal offence since ‘patriots-only’ electoral overhaul in 2021.

Yuen Long district councillor Sei Chun-hing was convicted on Monday of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl 15 years ago. Photo: Edmond So
Crime in Hong Kong

Woman spared jail over forging PhD reference letter for Education University

Mainland Chinese student was ordered to perform 160 hours of community service after admitting she used an altered letter to secure admission.

Hong Kong police

No ‘red line’ for approving assemblies but security threats remain: police chief

Hong Kong’s police commissioner warns national security risks remain despite landmark conviction and imprisonment of Tiananmen vigil organisers.

Hong Kong national security law

‘Pillar of Shame’ sculptor to ask Denmark to negotiate for artwork’s return

Hong Kong officials rebut Jens Galschiot’s claims of ownership, note sculpture previously given to alliance challenging Communist Party.

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Danish sculptor Jens Galschiot stands beside the “Pillar of Shame” at the University of Hong Kong in 2013. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong national security law

Tiananmen vigil leaders jailed for up to 7 years, group fined HK$1.5 million

Hong Kong High Court judges jail three vigil organisers and fine their disbanded alliance over calls to end one-party rule in China.

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Medina Chow (left), the mother of former alliance vice-chairwoman Chow Hang-tung, and Elizabeth Tang (right), wife of former chairman Lee Cheuk-yan, speak to the media outside West Kowloon Court. Photo: Edmond So
Crime in Hong Kong

ICAC charges ex-HKEX vice-president over alleged failure to declare assets

Geoffrey Tong faces a count of failing to comply with a notice issued under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, Hong Kong’s corruption watchdog says.

Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Wall Street Journal publisher convicted for blocking reporter’s bid to lead union

Court rules company broke labour laws by preventing Selina Cheng from running for chairmanship in Hong Kong Journalists Association election.

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