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One of the two men arrested on Friday takes part in a reenactment on Yick Yuen Road. Photo: Dickson Lee
Crime in Hong Kong

2 more arrested in Hong Kong over illicit cigarette murder, taking tally to 27

Two men, aged 29 and 32, apprehended at border crossing, police say.

Crime in Hong Kong

9 arrested over submitting 45 fake equipment certificates for Hong Kong projects

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong police make another arrest over deadly Tai Po blaze

Crime in Hong Kong

Teen ‘mastermind’ among 20 held by Hong Kong police over HK$2 million phone fraud

Suspects, aged 11 to 84, allegedly posed as mainland Chinese secret agents to scam victims, with police saying gang leader was student, 19.

Some of the evidence seized as Hong Kong police arrested 20 people over a series of fraud cases in which victims were scammed out of more than HK$2 million. Photo: Handout
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong man who went missing overnight on hike with mother found in Yuen Long

Staff member at Tai Lam Tunnel finds 28-year-old intellectually disabled man on Monday morning with no visible injuries.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 15 over ‘meticulously planned’ 1 billion yen robbery

Police still trying to recover cash, saying robbery was ‘meticulously planned’, ‘violent’ and marked by high level of professional execution.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Passenger flung from car as 3 arrested after high-speed chase in Hong Kong

Driver and two passengers arrested for various offences after parked car and truck hit during wild ride in New Territories.

A passenger falls out of the car as police vans chase the suspects. Photo: Facebook/Lau Kai Chung
Crime in Hong Kong

5 arrested in Hong Kong over HK$1.8 million stolen from eMPF pension accounts

Scammers impersonated account holders to withdraw funds, prompting managing body to suspend digital verification process.

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Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong taxi driver, 62, arrested over fatally knocking down pedestrian

Police say taxi was travelling along Caine Road when it hit 68-year-old woman, who sustained multiple injuries and later died in hospital.

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Crime in Hong Kong

1 arrested after currency exchange staff robbed of 1 billion yen in Hong Kong

Four knife-wielding men stole Japanese currency worth nearly HK$50 million before fleeing scene, police say.

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Police investigating a car believed to be linked to the case. Photo: Edmond So
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong man arrested for allegedly driving school bus under influence of drugs

Police say 23-year-old driver failed a rapid drug test after reportedly driving erratically in Kai Tak with a pupil on board.

A school bus driver was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong police deployed to Tai Po fire site show resilience: psychologist

Frontline officers are coping emotionally, despite inevitable triggers and strains of investigating catastrophic Wang Fuk Court blaze.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 7 in crackdown on credit card theft, fraud syndicate

Suspects allegedly coordinated thefts of credit cards in crowded places, before buying luxury items totalling more than HK$4 million.

Accidents and personal safety

12 injured in traffic accident involving Hong Kong taxi, 2 minibuses

Video clips posted online show one minibus colliding with taxi in front, before being struck from behind by second minibus.

One of the two minibuses involved in Sunday’s accident. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest man, 71, for alleged attack on 2 others over smoking spat

Man alleged to have poured water on 58-year-old woman and hit her son with bottle after they complained about his smoking in tunnel.

A 29-year-old man who was allegedly hit with a water bottle by the suspect was taken to Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin for treatment. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong national security police arrest 9 over military-style combat drills

Arrests first under domestic national security law, with some suspects allegedly gathering at scene of Tai Po fire.

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Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong police arrest man over trying to open plane door on Cathay flight

Police officers board aircraft after it safely landed at Hong Kong airport, arrest man for allegedly violating Aviation Security Ordinance.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Editorial | Mental health support essential for all of society after Tai Po fire tragedy

With time, meaningful comfort and social connections will help frontline survivors and the city as a whole recover and find a path forward.

People embrace each other after identifying deceased relatives at Kwong Fuk Community Hall on November 27, after the deadly Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong

Hong Kong police officer dies a week after falling ill following diving test

Senior inspector, 31, underwent emergency brain surgery and remained in a critical condition until his death.

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong police officer found guilty of forging statements to close 10 cases

Wong Yiu-chung, 34, convicted of forgery and misconduct after using fake statements, hiding facts from victims and misleading his superiors.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong considers designated labs to test scaffolding nets after deadly blaze

Stricter checks to be imposed on materials sampled on site amid concern over allegedly falsified safety documents.

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Hong Kong authorities will announce new requirements for contractors to sample and certify the city’s scaffolding nets as early as Thursday, the Post has learned.Photo: Karma Lo
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 2 over possession of suspected dangerous drugs

Man, 55, and woman, 49, stopped in Cheung Sha Wan with officers seizing cartridges and packets of suspected etomidate and methamphetamine.

A government advertisement warning about the dangers of the drug previously named the drug “space oil” and renamed as etomidate. Photo: May Tse
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest man after Legco election posters vandalised

Five posters related to Sunday’s poll allegedly destroyed on Mei Tin Road in Tai Wai, according to force.

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong police officer in critical condition after ‘Flying Tigers’ diving test

Shortly after completing dive, officer, 31, lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital for emergency brain surgery.

Hong Kong

Video | ‘Some bodies have turned into ash’

At least 151 people had been confirmed dead as of December 1, five days after the blaze in Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court.

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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Substandard netting used on Hong Kong blaze buildings; death toll at 151

Chief Secretary Eric Chan says ‘cunning methods’ were used on the Tai Po site.

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The inferno, which raged for 43 hours after starting on Wednesday afternoon, tore through seven blocks of Wang Fuk Court. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Hong Kong fire disaster brings victim ID unit’s grim task back into focus

Officers from the police force’s Disaster Victim Identification Unit have been deployed at the scene of Tai Po blaze.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong police search for missing elderly man, 87, with dementia

Leung Woon-yew was last seen at around 11am on Sunday in Shan King Estate, police say.

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