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Trio alleged to have gathered information, carried out surveillance and forced entry into residential address in United Kingdom.
South China Morning Post -
13 May 2024
Sham article is almost identical to one debunked two weeks ago, featuring Hong Kong movie star Donnie Yen and US talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.
South China Morning Post -
13 May 2024
Weightlifting body chair remarks unacceptable: govt
The culture, sports and tourism minister, Kevin Yeung, on Monday said it was unacceptable that repeated mistakes were made by the chairwoman of the city's weightlifting and powerlifting body. He also called on Josephine Ip of the Hong Kong, (...)
RTHK -
13 May 2024
Jimmy Lai trial: Nat. security judge tells prosecution to avoid ‘wild allegations’ against the defence
A judge presiding over Jimmy Lai’s national security case has warned the prosecution not to make unfounded allegations against the media mogul’s lawyers, after a prosecutor suggested that the defence had deliberately withheld questions related (...)
HKFP -
13 May 2024
Enhancements aim to further open up China’s financial markets and strengthen Hong Kong’s status as an international financial centre.
South China Morning Post -
13 May 2024
Senior counsel for government says unfair for Hong Kong Golf Club to claim authorities failed to account for protected trees in environmental impact assessment for redevelopment of course.
South China Morning Post -
13 May 2024
Lawmaker Nixie Lam Lam says Malaysian officials shared that some of its Muslim citizens preferred Thailand over Hong Kong because of the convenience in eating out.
South China Morning Post -
13 May 2024
Security guard Poon Chung-lung discovered unresponsive by another hiker near Lion Rock Country Park.
South China Morning Post -
13 May 2024
Hong Kong logs fewer phone scam cases in first quarter of 2024, but losses soar to HK$789m
Hong Kong has logged fewer phone scam cases in the first quarter of 2024 but losses soared to HK$789 million, with mainland Chinese students in the city being increasingly targeted by swindlers, police have said. The force said they recorded (...)
HKFP -
13 May 2024
Labour minister Chris Sun lashes out at Social Workers Registration Board for allowing social worker involved in court case over rioting charges to sit on reserve member panel.
South China Morning Post -
13 May 2024
Glory to Hong Kong: Gov’t ‘anxious’ to see Google respond to request to wipe illegal protest song, says justice chief
The government is “anxious” to see Google’s response to its request to remove a protest song – Glory to Hong Kong – from their platforms, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam has said. Lam, talking on Commercial Radio on Sunday, said the government (...)
HKFP -
13 May 2024
‘Dragon Slaying Brigade’ leader Wong Chun-keung says he spent money raised through crowdfunding on petrol bombs, but also on trip to Thailand, betting and loan repayments.
South China Morning Post -
13 May 2024
UK police charge three over alleged HK spying activity
London's Metropolitan Police on Monday said three men were charged with allegedly assisting Hong Kong intelligence services and with foreign interference. The men have appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged under Britain's National (...)
RTHK -
13 May 2024
Police say 21 men, 13 women detained on suspicion of offences such as riding unregistered device and driving without licence.
South China Morning Post -
13 May 2024
UK charges 3 for allegedly assisting Hong Kong intelligence services
Three suspects went before a UK court Monday on charges they assisted Hong Kong’s intelligence services, the latest in a recent series of alleged espionage cases in Europe with Chinese links. The three men, dressed in grey tracksuits, spoke (...)
HKFP -
13 May 2024
34 held for using e-bikes, e-scooters without licence
Police on Monday said they arrested 34 people for allegedly operating electric bikes and scooters without a licence. The suspects, aged between 19 and 69, were also charged with offences such as driving unlicensed vehicles and using them on (...)
RTHK -
13 May 2024
Bill Yuen, 63, Peter Wai, 38, and Matthew Trickett, 37, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday and were granted bail.
South China Morning Post -
13 May 2024
China targets overseas citizens for political activism, says rights group Amnesty in new report
China is targeting citizens studying abroad for their political activism, rights group Amnesty International said Monday, with some students reporting harassment of family members back home. China does not tolerate political dissent and has (...)
HKFP -
13 May 2024
Take care of ethnic minority Chinese tourists too: DAB
Hong Kong's tourism industry should learn to be more accommodating to ethnic minority travellers from the mainland, DAB lawmakers said on Monday, after the central government announced it was adding eight more cities to the individual visit (...)
RTHK -
13 May 2024
Need to reform social worker body 'apolitical': govt
Labour and welfare minister Chris Sun said on Monday there was nothing political about him saying the governance of the statutory body overseeing social workers must be improved, and that the motivation was about raising the sector's (...)
RTHK -
13 May 2024
Woman, 58, believed to have burned charcoal to commit suicide with 32-year-old son at her Kwai Chung home on Mother’s Day, source says.
South China Morning Post -
13 May 2024
Weightlifting body apologises after chair refers to competitor ‘countries’ at event involving Taiwan and Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s weightlifting and powerlifting body has apologised after its chair referred to competitor “countries” at an event that included Taiwan and Hong Kong. It comes after the government urged an in-depth investigation on Friday owing to (...)
HKFP -
13 May 2024
Prosecution suggests Lai’s lawyers refrained from asking Apple Daily publisher earlier about evidence of ‘lunchbox meetings’, but judge warns allegation lacked ‘proper foundation’
South China Morning Post -
13 May 2024
Community living rooms to open in summer: Chris Sun
Labour and welfare minister Chris Sun on Monday said he hopes the community living rooms in To Kwa Wan, Hung Hom and Nam Cheong would open by the end of the summer holidays, as part of efforts to help the newly identified 950,000 people for (...)
RTHK -
13 May 2024
