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Hong Kong police have arrested the husband of a 34-year-old woman for allegedly stealing luxury goods worth HK$450,000 (US$57,700) from her at home. The woman, surnamed Chan, reported the case to police at around 8.30am on Saturday morning at their home in the Ocean One residential development in Ya
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Hong Kong police have arrested two men over their alleged involvement in at least six break-ins across Kowloon over the past three months, with total losses amounting to HK$1.7 million (US$216,629). The pair – a 54-year-old mainland Chinese man and a 34-year-old Hong Kong resident – were arrested se
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Hong Kong police have arrested a director and two registered lift engineers on suspicion of deception in connection with faulty replacement works on 48 lifts at two housing estates, the South China Morning Post has learned. A source said on Friday that the three suspects were from Taizoom Elevator,
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Hong Kong police have arrested six people allegedly tied to a nine-year scam run by a suspected cross-border criminal syndicate offering business opportunities in agarwood and cryptocurrency, with funds involved reaching HK$14 million (US$1.78 million). Superintendent Allan Chu Ming-lun of the comme
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Hong Kong police have arrested a suspect in less than 24 hours after he allegedly stole a gold necklace worth nearly HK$80,000 (US$10,193) from a Chow Sang Sang jewellery store in Tai Po, the South China Morning Post has learned. The suspect was tracked down in the same district on Thursday afternoo
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Hong Kong police have arrested 20 people in connection with a cross-border prostitution syndicate that allegedly recruited women from Southeast Asia and required them to provide unpaid sexual services to repay travel debts. Police said on Tuesday that the syndicate paid for the women’s travel and ac
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A domestic worker has been arrested on suspicion of murder after her 93-year-old employer was found dead at home, with police saying footage obtained on Monday showed the worker assaulting the woman. Police said during a press briefing on Monday that the domestic worker sought help downstairs from h
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Hong Kong police have arrested a domestic helper on suspicion of murdering her 93-year-old employer, a cancer survivor, with an investigation suggesting she was repeatedly assaulted in the hours before her death. The elderly woman was found unresponsive in her flat in Long Yiu House at Tak Long Esta
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Hong Kong police have arrested a 24-year-old man over an alleged scam operation that made more than 23,000 fraudulent calls in over a week by impersonating e-commerce customer service representatives, with one victim losing more than HK$100,000 (US$12,741). The force said on Sunday that the man was
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Hong Kong police have dismantled a local syndicate allegedly running a vice ring involving Thai women, seizing HK$13 million in cash (US$1.66 million) and freezing HK$5 million in suspected crime proceeds. The force said on Saturday that it arrested five local men and two foreign men, aged between 4
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An elderly man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after the entrance to the office of two pro-Beijing lawmakers was splashed with red paint, with the two legislators condemning the “illegal act.” The Thursday morning arrest came after a police report at around 6am stating
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Hong Kong national security police have arrested an insurance agent and a woman for allegedly operating “seditious” social media pages to stoke hatred against authorities and boost policy sales. In a statement on Thursday, the national security department of the police said a man and a w
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Hong Kong police have recovered about HK$30 million worth of stolen gold and arrested two men in connection with an elaborate hotel-room swap in which 30kg of gold granules were replaced with eight bottles of fabric softener. The force said it received a report early on Wednesday from a mainland Chi
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Hong Kong police have arrested the parents of an 11-year-old girl who was filmed carrying dozens of beer cans through Tuen Mun while her father stood by and berated her. The 38-year-old man and his 32-year-old wife were detained on suspicion of “ill-treatment or neglect by those in charge of a
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Hong Kong police have arrested a man for allegedly splashing red paint at the joint office of two lawmakers, accusing them of being unhelpful. A source said on Thursday that police arrested a 66-year-old man over the incident at the shared office of Kowloon East lawmaker Bill Tang Ka-piu and insuran
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Hong Kong police have arrested a foreign domestic helper for allegedly slapping a five-year-old boy who refused to eat his meal at a Kowloon City flat. Police received a report at about 11.57pm on Wednesday from the boy’s mother, who said her son had been ill-treated by her 37-year-old Filipino help
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Hong Kong arrested nine people in a city-wide operation targeting illicit fuel activities, authorities said on Wednesday, as surging global oil prices continue to put pressure on the import-dependent financial hub. The city lacks its own refineries and imports its entire supply of automotive fuel, w
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A woman accused of spying for China on Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s son and his family was arrested Sunday in the United States, US and Taiwanese officials said. Wanying Zhang, 34, was detained by the FBI at Los Angeles airport “attempting to depart for China”, First Assistan
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A Hong Kong independent journalist arrested on Wednesday for allegedly acting “with seditious intent” has been released on bail. Media outlet The Witness reported that 37-year-old Tang Ho-wing, known by his online moniker “Boomhead,” left Yau Ma Tei Police Station shortly aft
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Hong Kong’s national security police have reportedly arrested an independent journalist behind an online news outlet on suspicion of publishing fake news. According to a report by Sing Tao Headline on Wednesday, the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force carried out the arr
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Hong Kong national security police have arrested the founder of online media outlet Boom News on suspicion of “incitement by spreading disinformation”, according to a source familiar with the matter. The source said journalist Tang Ho-wing, the 37-year-old founder of Boom News, was apprehended at ar
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Hong Kong police have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with the installation of three suspected pinhole cameras found in changing rooms at a gym in Sha Tin. The arrest on Sunday came a day after police launched an investigation into a suspected voyeurism case at the 24/7 Fitness branch on Le
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A 44-year-old woman in Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse after dashcam footage appeared to show her shoving a boy into a roadside railing. A police force spokesman said on Saturday that the woman was arrested on Friday afternoon in Western district after a widely circulated das
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Hong Kong police have arrested three men suspected of using crowbars to steal popular Jellycat dolls and other plush toys worth about HK$70,000 (US$8,923) from a claw machine shop to resell them. The force on Friday said it received a report in the early hours of September 17 that two thieves had br
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Hong Kong police are searching for a Chinese woman after a man’s body was found on a chair outside a commercial building in Tsim Sha Tsui early on Thursday. Officers also arrested a 28-year-old bar staff member and charged him with illegally handling a corpse. He told police he had helped the woman
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Four Chinese nationals are suspected of forcing 39 people to work in an online scam operation from a living room in the capital of Papua New Guinea, police said Wednesday. The victims, all Indonesians, were coerced into the work at a three-bedroom property in downtown Port Moresby in which they were
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Hong Kong customs has seized about 13kg of suspected ketamine, worth an estimated HK$4.7 million (US$599,067), at the city’s airport and arrested a passenger arriving from Germany over alleged drug trafficking. According to the Customs and Excise Department, officers found the suspected ketamine in
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Police have arrested three people and broken up a large-scale drug production factory in northern Hong Kong, seizing HK$23 million (US$3 million) worth of suspected methamphetamine, or Ice. The force said on Saturday that two men and a woman, aged 49 to 56, were arrested on Thursday night. Police in
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A Hong Kong IT analyst has been remanded in custody after being charged with killing his wife in a flat at a private residential estate two days ago. Wong Chi-kwong, 51, was brought to Eastern Court for the first time on Friday to face a count of murder. Police arrested him on Wednesday after his wi
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Hong Kong police have arrested a man in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found in a flat at a private residential estate. The force said the woman, believed to be in her fifties, was discovered with knife wounds to her neck in a flat in block 2 of Heng Fa Chuen in Chai Wan at abou