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last updated:
9 September, 2024
Prosecutors have accused Jimmy Lai (centre) of using his tabloid to instigate Western sanctions and incite public hatred towards mainland and Hong Kong authorities. Photo: Winson Wong
Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai paid ex-US general to advise Taiwanese government: court

Ex-media boss admits to payment after prosecutors challenge his claim of no foreign policy influence in Hong Kong and the mainland.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong minister defends failed legal bids challenging LGBTQ rights

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China property

Slew of indebted Chinese developers face reckoning in Hong Kong courts

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Hong Kong

Explainer | Hong Kong yoga ball murder: what has changed since the verdict in 2018?

The Post unpacks how the defence and prosecution shifted strategies, and what prompted the retrial.

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Professor Khaw Kim Sun. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

The many faces of the ex-professor in Hong Kong yoga ball murder case

Prosecutors accuse Khaw Kim Sun of being an unfaithful husband who killed his wife and daughter, while colleagues call him a ‘guardian angel’.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Malaysian professor jailed for life in Hong Kong for yoga ball murders

High Court jury unanimously finds Malaysian anaesthesiologist Khaw Kim Sun guilty of causing the deaths of his wife and their second child.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong yoga ball murder case: ex-professor to face ruling as early as Tuesday

Jury is deliberating verdict following 41-day retrial of Khaw Kim Sun who allegedly killed his wife and daughter.

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Evidence including a yoga ball is being moved in court amid the retrial of Khaw Kim Sun. Photo: Dickson Lee
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police officer gets 3 years’ jail for falsifying witness statements

Detective sentenced on seven counts of misconduct for illegally seeking to terminate as many investigations between late 2019 and 2020.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong rejects activist’s bid for legal aid to mount challenge over IT hub

Legal Aid Department rejects Eddie Tse’s application, hindering his judicial review attempt against government push for San Tin Technopole.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong anti-corruption agency charges ex-official at securities watchdog

Deng Yingxia, 48, a former Securities and Futures Commission associate director, is accused of providing advice to suspects under investigation.

The ICAC headquarters in North Point. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong’s top court questions grounds for convicting June 4 alliance trio

Court of Final Appeal judges question how group can be defined as ‘foreign agent’ and denied evidence substantiating that allegation when mounting defence.

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Former alliance standing committee member Tang Ngok-kwan at the Court of Final Appeal. Photo: Nora Tam
Crime in Hong Kong

Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker Chim Pui-chung seeks leniency after fraud conviction

Defence team says Chim is nearly 80 years old and in poor health in plea backed by mitigation letters from high-profile politicians.

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Jimmy Lai trial

Judges grill Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai over calls for Taiwan to join US alliance

Remarks prompt two High Court judges to question Apple Daily founder over his earlier claim that he opposed Taiwan’s independence.

Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai calls Taiwan ‘unique country’, denies backing independence

Former media tycoon has returned to the witness box following two-week break during holidays.

Jimmy Lai is contesting two conspiracy charges of collusion with foreign forces and a third of conspiracy to print and distribute seditious publications. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong authorities appeal court ruling on golf course flats

Court this month overturned approval for 12,000 public housing flats on golf course.

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The government is planning to build 12,000 public housing flats on part of the Fanling golf course. Photo: Dickson Lee
Crime in Hong Kong

Crime in Hong Kong: Post looks back on 2024’s biggest arrests, scams and heists

City witnessed string of incidents that shocked the public, from the emergence of a new narcotic to a HK$200 million deepfake scam.

Art adviser investigating after Hong Kong lawsuit says US$1 million painting is fake

South Korean Choi Eun-ha filed lawsuit in Hong Kong after auction house told her painting by renowned Korean artist Lee Ufan was forgery.

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Hong Kong’s year in court: national security, murder and minority rights

The Post reviews the biggest cases of 2024, including the sentencing of 45 opposition figures and ‘Dragon Slaying’ bomb plotters.

People queue up to enter the West Kowloon Law Courts Building to hear Jimmy Lai’s national security trial in November. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong

Hong Kong teacher jailed for 6 months for taking upskirt videos of pupils

Magistrate notes Chan Yue-tak, 26, who secretly filmed 13-year-old girls in his class, had ‘relatively high’ risk of reoffending.

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Hong Kong

Editorial | Hong Kong barristers’ exchanges with Beijing are vital

Latest visit to capital saw ‘frank’ talks on new national security laws, impact of any US sanctions on Hong Kong lawyers and judges, more.

Hong Kong businessman jailed for 49 months over 2019 Yuen Long MTR riot

Tang Ka-man, 46, was sentenced for taking part in a riot with white-clad mob that attacked protesters and commuters.

Businessman Tang Ka-man (pictured in September 2024) has been sentenced to 49 months in prison. Photo: Brian Wong

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denies his call for Xi to step down equals incitement

Testimony by Apple Daily founder centres on comments he made during online broadcast series in which he argued Covid pandemic had revealed danger of Beijing’s control of information.

Jimmy Lai earlier said he believed Chinese President Xi Jinping did not understand global affairs and “treated the world as if he was treating the people who are subservient to him”. Photo: Reuters
Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denies making appeal for hostilities against Beijing

Former media boss also pushes back against suggestions he advocated for greater US military presence in South China Sea.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong arrest warrant issued for student in forged qualifications case

Lyu Yunni, 23, accused of using ‘false instrument’ in application to Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai admits Apple Daily was ‘too radical’ towards authorities

But former media boss tells court he believes he and his tabloid ‘on the right side of history’.

Jimmy Lai has told a court he advised his editorial staff to adapt to “changing circumstances” after the implementation of the national security law. Photo: Reuters
Old Hong Kong

When a Dior-clad socialite killed her lover, horrifying Hong Kong

Maria Coady was photographed with Chris Patten and rubbed shoulders with the Brunei royal family – before being jailed by a Hong Kong court.

Maria Remedios Coady, who was later jailed for murder, next to Chris Patten in 1995. Photo: SCMP Archives
Hong Kong politics

Letters | Call to overturn Hong Kong court ruling on gay rights is frivolous

Readers discuss a lawmaker’s disregard for the principle of judicial independence, humane treatment of monkeys in a local zoo, and Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter.

Hong Kong protests

Ex-Hong Kong politician, 6 others convicted over riot at MTR station in 2019

Court says former lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting’s actions helped turn unlawful assembly in Yuen Long into violent clash with white-clad rioters.

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