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Latest news, analysis and opinion on the Hong Kong police force, including crime, justice and protests.
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United States

Letters | If the US wants to protect rule of law, start with its own backyard

Readers discuss the Trump administration’s sanctions on Hong Kong officials, Hong Kong’s embrace of DEI measures, and China’s economic challenge.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 4 teens over watch theft and conspiracy

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

The Gordon Chan film series that reshaped Hong Kong police movies

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police consider unleashing robot dogs for law enforcement

Other initiatives include the use of drones and linking surveillance camera systems with other government departments.

Commissioner of Police Joe Chow said that the force is studying the use of robots and robot dogs to reduce manpower. Photo: Reuters
Crime in Hong Kong

New Hong Kong police chief pledges more global cooperation to fight scams

Joe Chow takes aim at low detection rate of scams and says police must assess national security risks when vetting protest applications.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong school bus driver arrested over dangerous driving with pupils on board

Video shows driver overtaking stopped bus and veering into lane with oncoming traffic while carrying 10 children.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 2 for allegedly practising as unlicensed dentists

Undercover officers pose as customers in two separate cases, which are first to emerge since update to regulations earlier this year.

Police display evidence seized in the cases. Both suspects have been released on bail. Photo: Jelly Tse
Crime in Hong Kong

Ex-Hong Kong policeman charged in ICAC probe faces 30 extra counts of bribery, fraud

Extra charges against Mak Kwok-hung include accepting an advantage as a public servant and 28 counts of fraud.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 139 linked to fraud syndicates, ‘mule accounts’

Latest crackdown targets those linked to criminal groups believed to have duped victims out of more than HK$130 million using various scams.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police officer charged with indecent assault, set to appear in court

Officer accused of indecently assaulting woman on footbridge while off duty in early hours of February 4.

The Post has learned that the officer was serving in Mong Kok and did not know the alleged victim. Photo: Nora Tam
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong man arrested over theft of HK$129,000 from AXA office

Police say more than 80 staff members had money stolen from insurance firm’s Causeway Bay office in Times Square.

On Tuesday last week, an employee at AXA’s customer service centre on the 20th floor of Tower 2 at Times Square in Causeway Bay discovered that cash previously kept in a drawer was missing. Photo: Elson Li
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 6, bust syndicate that laundered HK$290 million

Syndicate believed to have conducted at least 46 scams between June 2023 and January, conning victims out of HK$13.66 million, police say.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 3 teenagers with ‘space oil’ products worth HK$1 million

Trio with triad links, including two minors, allegedly manufactured the narcotic products and sold them at illegal venues or online.

Hong Kong society

Hero’s welcome for Hong Kong rescuers after return from quake-hit Myanmar

The 51-strong team met at Hong Kong airport by top officials including city leader John Lee and Myanmar’s consul general.

Hong Kong leader John Lee meets team members at Hong Kong airport. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong court jails social worker for over 3½ years in retrial on rioting

Jackie Chen gets 10-month discount in acknowledgement of lengthy legal proceedings.

The District Court at Wanchai Tower in Wan Chai. Photo: Warton Li
Crime in Hong Kong

8 Hongkongers cheated out of over HK$2 million in police impersonation scams

Force says fraudsters impersonated police officers outside government buildings, slapped victims with fines over fake money-laundering charges.

Crime in Hong Kong

2 burglars ransacking Hong Kong luxury home flee after being spotted by helper

Police investigating break-in at detached house at 1-7 Kau To Shan Road in Sha Tin after helper made report early on Tuesday morning.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hongkongers can protect national security in their daily lives: new police chief

Commissioner of Police Joe Chow also says he is neither a ‘hawkish’ hardliner nor a ‘dovish’ moderate when it comes to enforcing the law.

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Police chief Joe Chow took charge of the city’s 27,000-strong force last Wednesday. Photo: Dickson Lee
Accidents and personal safety

1 injured in Hong Kong when driver, 84, hits accelerator by accident

Driver mistakes car’s accelerator for brake, causing vehicle to mount pavement outside shopping centre, source says.

Accidents and personal safety

2 injured after truck slips down slope and crashes into car in Hong Kong

Light truck and private car were about 20 metres apart before the former slipped backwards down the slope and struck the other vehicle.

Crime in Hong Kong

Police in Hong Kong, 5 other Asian jurisdictions, arrest 435 over child porn

Teenage boy who took pictures of younger sister among those charged locally after operation across East and Southeast Asia in February, March.

(From left) Senior Inspector Tsz Kit-ting, Chief Inspector Ngan Hoi-ian and police clinical psychologist Fung Ho-kin hold a local press briefing on the child porn sting involving six Asian jurisdictions. Photo: Elson Li
Animal welfare in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police probe deaths of 4 dogs from suspected poisoning

Pet owner in Sheung Shui reports two of his other dogs still missing.

A police criminal investigation team is looking into the case. Photo: Now TV
Crime in Hong Kong

Hongkonger allegedly involved in fatal Sha Tin slashing brought back from Thailand

Suspect, 25, took a flight to Thailand on the same day the attack took place and settled near beach resort town of Pattaya.

Safeguarding national security in Hong Kong a top priority: new police chief

Joe Chow, 52, former police second-in-command, takes helm of city’s 27,000-strong force, succeeding Raymond Siu.

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Hong Kong national security law

Explainer | 6 Hong Kong officials slapped with US sanctions: who are they and what’s next?

The Post explores reasons behind Washington’s latest round of sanctions and other restrictive measures against city.

The Central Government Offices in Tamar. Photo: Edmond So
Crime in Hong Kong

Man arrested over attack on 5 people at Hong Kong’s City University campus

Suspect attacked 39-year-old woman who reportedly asked him to turn down phone volume before hitting intervening staff and police.

The suspect was apprehended in a university library. Photo: Handout
US-China relations

US sanctions Hong Kong police chief, 5 others, for ‘freedoms’ abuse

Raymond Siu Chak-yee, who retires on Tuesday, is among officials alleged to undercut Hongkongers’ rights or commit transnational repression.

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Hong Kong

2019 social unrest among Hong Kong police’s biggest challenges: outgoing chief

Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu, who retires on Tuesday, recalls ‘unprecedented’ struggle and stress on officers during protests.

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