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West Kowloon Court

A prominent Hong Kong-based judicial institution, West Kowloon Court is dedicated to administering justice within the governmental judicial system. Located in Kowloon, it serves as a "mega court" due to its substantial size and 32 courtrooms. Its main areas of activity include hearing a wide range of legal proceedings, from criminal cases like drug trafficking and national security trials, to civil claims, coroner’s inquiries and obscene articles classifications. The institution consolidated several tribunals, enhancing judicial efficiency and symbolising Hong Kong’s independent and transparent legal framework.

Ko Chun-chung attempted to seize a gun from a colleague inside Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station while he was detained. Photo: Eugene Lee

Hong Kong courts

Police officer admits taking upskirt footage and trying to grab colleague’s gun

Ko Chun-chung, 40, pleads guilty to recording woman after following her up an escalator at Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station.

29 Jun 2026 - 5:46PM

Hong Kong courts

Man jailed for 10 months over seditious messages thrown from Hong Kong flat

9 Jun 2026 - 8:03PM

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong’s ICAC charges woman over alleged HK$10,000 bribe in custody case

22 May 2026 - 6:54PM

Hong Kong courts

Unemployed man gets suspended jail term for reposting call to boycott Legco poll

Lam Kin-sik, 67, receives two-month jail term suspended for 24 months, for reposting a fugitive’s call urging people not to vote.

18 May 2026 - 8:13PM

Polling stations at Kowloon Park Sports Centre in a Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Jelly Tse

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s ICAC charges police superintendent over HK$1 million bribe, misconduct

Anti-corruption watchdog charges officer, girlfriend and brother over alleged bribe, leaked police information and attempt to pervert justice.

28 Apr 2026 - 10:33PM

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 5 over shoplifting syndicate targeting Muji stores

Group allegedly posted lookouts as other members swiftly stuffed clothing into handbags and reusable bags before leaving.

16 Apr 2026 - 7:22PM

Hong Kong courts

Leniency shown to Hong Kong immigration worker who repeatedly assaulted wife and son

Magistrate accepts one-year probation recommendation, citing risk of job and pension loss, after initially imposing community service sentence.

25 Mar 2026 - 3:14PM

The senior Immigration Department assistant was granted a one-year probation order at Kowloon City Court on Wednesday. Photo: Sun Yeung

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong mum charged with abuse after son, 12, calls police over cane beating

Child injured on chin, shoulder, arm and thigh, sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment.

22 Mar 2026 - 6:51PM

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong medical officer suspended over indecent assault charge against colleague

Security Bureau has confirmed the suspension of senior officer Alex Wong, who is due in court on charges of indecent assault.

24 Feb 2026 - 11:01PM

Hong Kong courts

Dad throttled wife, child in rage over trivial quarrels, Hong Kong court hears

49-year-old defendant, who works with Immigration Department, pleads guilty to six counts of common assault.

23 Feb 2026 - 6:57PM

Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts. Photo: Sun Yeung

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong 47: court dismisses appeals by 12 activists in national security trial

Appellate court also upholds acquittal of barrister Lawrence Lau in the subversion case.

23 Feb 2026 - 4:25PM

Police officers stand guard outside West Kowloon Court. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong bus driver alleged to have deliberately crashed on bridge granted bail

Lee Kai-po, 63, has been charged with dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm.

19 Feb 2026 - 1:00AM

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong taxi driver, 82, acquitted of using foul language at teenage customer

Deputy Magistrate Christine Leung rules that complainant was an unreliable witness, with logical fallacies in his testimony.

29 Dec 2025 - 4:51PM

Crime in Hong Kong

Woman, 26, arrested in Hong Kong over military-style drills

Woman taken into custody on suspicion of engaging in unlawful military-style drill after nine men earlier arrested for same offence.

14 Dec 2025 - 10:20PM

A billboard promting the national security law. Police have used a section of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance for the first time to make the latest arrests. Photo: Sun Yeung

Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong may ban 2 ‘subversive’ groups based in Canada and Taiwan

City may use national security law to target Canada-based ‘Hong Kong Parliament’ and Taiwan-based ‘Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union’.

25 Nov 2025 - 12:13AM

Wanted notices posted outside Tsim Sha Tsui police station. Photo: Jelly Tse

Hong Kong courts

Cleared Hong Kong bomb suspect remanded after arrest over inciting unrest

Ng Tsz-lok spent nearly 5½ years in custody over his alleged role in unrelated conspiracy to trigger explosions at public venues in 2020.

30 Oct 2025 - 6:51PM

Crime in Hong Kong

3 held in Hong Kong as new smuggling tactic of dropping cocaine at sea uncovered

Police arrest 3 men, including a Brazilian national, in Tsing Yi and find diving equipment near the shore.

19 Oct 2025 - 7:29PM

Your Perfect Week

What to do in Hong Kong, October 12-18

Get baking at Sleepyhead cafe, sip cocktails at The Pontiac, check out some Chinese opera or explore Repulse Bay history.

11 Oct 2025 - 6:15AM

Award-winning Cantonese opera “The Imperial Decree”. Photo: courtesy Black Box Chinese Opera Festival

Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong coach cleared of molesting women’s football team player

Court rules complainant gave inconsistent accounts of how offences occurred.

7 Aug 2025 - 9:16PM

Crime in Hong Kong

2 arrested as Hong Kong customs seizes 20kg of cannabis buds at airport

Two men, aged 35 and 48, arrested during clearance procedures after arriving from Bangkok.

4 Aug 2025 - 4:50AM

Hong Kong courts

Japanese pop idol Kenshin Kamimura molested interpreter, Hong Kong court hears

Ex-member of ONE N’ ONLY boy band returns to court to stand trial for count of indecent assault arising from alleged incident on March 2.

30 Jul 2025 - 10:42PM

Kenshin Kamimura appears at West Kowloon Court earlier in the year. Photo: Edmond So

Hong Kong national security law

Hong Kong teen remanded in custody over scrawling seditious words in toilet

Leung Kai-lok appears in West Kowloon Court to face four counts, including one of sedition under domestic national security law.

23 Jul 2025 - 10:40PM

Exterior of West Kowloon Court, where the teenager will be charged on Wednesday for alleged sedition. Photo: Dickson Lee

Crime in Hong Kong

Teacher, teen arrested at Hong Kong airport in ‘Ice’, ketamine drug cases

Customs finds 47kg of suspected ketamine in woman’s luggage while 18-year-old from Kuala Lumpur allegedly hid 2.2kg of ‘Ice’ in carry-on bag.

14 Jul 2025 - 11:19AM

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