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Latest news, analysis and opinion on the Hong Kong police force, including crime, justice and protests.
Police stopped a car during a routine traffic enforcement operation on Marsh Road in Wan Chai and found the driver was a minor. Photo: Google
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 15-year-old driver and his father in Wan Chai

15-year-old non-Chinese boy and father, 48, held during routine traffic enforcement operation at junction of Marsh Road and Hung Hing Road.

Crime in Hong Kong

Man arrested over impersonating ride-hailing driver, breaching visa terms

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 69 over laundering HK$200m from cross-border fraud

Crime in Hong Kong

4 more suspects arrested over HK$7 million gold bar robbery at Hong Kong airport

Three men and a woman handed over by mainland authorities, bringing number of suspects held over airport car park case to 13.

Police officers with one of the four suspects handed over by mainland authorities. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong father, son arrested after parking ticket thrown at traffic wardens

Man, 61, and his 31-year-old son arrested outside Sam Shing food stalls for allegedly assaulting public officers.

Crime in Hong Kong

Man suspected of 3 burglaries in Hong Kong arrested at airport

Suspect, 26, allegedly stole gold ornaments, jewellery and cash from three homes, with total loss estimated at HK$736,000.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Suspect arrested after man attacked with rock in alleged attempted robbery

Police say man, 36, reported that he had been assaulted while parking his car at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in early hours.

The alleged attempted robbery occurred at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. Photo: Jelly Tse
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 7 over HK$7 million gold bar robbery at knifepoint

Victim ambushed at airport car park while carrying six gold bars, with some suspects believed to have fled to mainland China.

Hong Kong society

Easy money or risky business? What can Hong Kong do as prediction markets boom?

Despite official warnings ahead of World Cup, Polymarket and Kalshi remain popular with residents who bet on everything from politics to weather.

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Crime in Hong Kong

9 arrested after HK$2.7 million in cash, goods stolen from Hong Kong farm

Senior inspector says eight men and a woman arrested over two burglaries at farm that took place on May 23 and last Friday.

Some of the items recovered by police. Photo: Facebook/HK Police
Hong Kong courts

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
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest male suspect, 36, over sexual assaults on 4 drunk men

Police provisionally charge man who allegedly also recorded non-consensual sex acts with the four victims, aged between 19 and 23.

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong van driver arrested over deaths of firefighter and wife in crash

Driver, 44, held on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death in collision with a taxi on Tsing Sha Highway.

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Hong Kong politics

Ex-Hong Kong police deputy commissioner Albert Yuen set for hygiene chief role

Yuen will assume office on Tuesday after retiring from nearly four-decade police career.

Albert Yuen was appointed as an adviser for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.for a year in November 2023. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong police probe death of 4-month-old baby boy found unconscious at home

Force says it received police report from boy’s father, who told officers the baby was found unconscious at their Tin Shui Wai flat.

The boy’s father told police the baby was discovered unconscious at their flat in Tin Chung Court. Photo: Google Maps
Crime in Hong Kong

Police seize HK$7.2m of drugs, target syndicate recruiting using online gaming

Two of four arrested suspects recruited by syndicate through gaming platforms to help run drug packaging and distribution, force says.

Hong Kong society

Paw patrol: Hong Kong airport dog unit to cover reopened Terminal 2

Security contractor Avseco’s canine unit, which is marking its fifth anniversary, will be on patrol in Terminal 2.

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Hong Kong courts

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.

Defendants escorted by the Correctional Services Department leave the West Kowloon Law Courts Building on June 10. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong courts

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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Hong Kong society

Girl, 8, dies after collapsing at home on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island

Cause of death is yet to be determined, with police investigation under way.

Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong civil servants to get flat 2% pay rise amid fiscal prudence

Civil service chief Ingrid Yeung says public sentiment has been factored into all decisions by city’s leader and top decision-making body, including this pay rise.

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The government froze civil servants’ pay last year. Photo: Karma Lo
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong basketball coach arrested over viral video of him slapping student

Coach bailed after arrest on suspicion of common assault following video showing him slapping student during training two years ago.

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The video shows Yung Kam-wah forcing a student to slap himself as punishment during training. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Scammers posing as police dupe 42 mainland students in Hong Kong out of millions

One 21-year-old victim was tricked into staging her own ‘abduction’ after being lured to Thailand.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Police arrest man after Tesla rams parked vehicle in latest drug-driving case

Hong Kong police have detained at least four drivers suspected of being under the influence of drugs in less than a week.

Accidents and personal safety

Taxi driver, 69, arrested after woman killed in Tsim Sha Tsui collision

Victim, 34, was crossing road near Park Lane Shopper’s Boulevard when she was struck by taxi.

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The woman was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Photo: Jelly Tse
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest man after repeated bottle-throwing from flat injures 2

Suspect, 50, linked to eight incidents of glass bottles thrown from Ma On Shan flat between 2024 and May 2026, police say.

Bayshore Towers in Ma On Shan. Photo: Google Maps
Hong Kong politics

7 taken away as police ramp up patrols around former site of Tiananmen vigil

Hong Kong police say they stopped and searched five men and two women in Causeway Bay for allegedly disrupting order.

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Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong police launch search after man, 76, goes missing in Ma On Shan

Liu Yim-kwan left his home at Yan On Estate on Han Chi Street early Wednesday and failed to return.

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