7 d. ago Hong Kong DSE documentary star gets probation after second theft offence

A Hong Kong student who starred in a popular web documentary about secondary school public exams has been placed on probation after a court agreed to give him “one last chance” following his second shoplifting offence in a year. Eastern Court accepted a probation officer’s recommendation and handed Tang Ngai-hong a 12-month probation order on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to theft earlier this month. The 19-year-old admitted stealing a bag of fruit and two packets of potato chips worth a...

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9 d. ago Former sergeant pleads guilty to trying to sell secrets to China

Former sergeant pleads guilty to trying to sell secrets to China  Army Times

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1 week ago Hong Kong to keep expanding land bank, but not to offset deficit: Paul Chan

Hong Kong will press on with building up its land bank but adopt a cautious stance on selling the sites, the finance chief has said, rejecting the notion the government is rushing to find and sell parcels to offset the budget deficit. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said in a recent interview that the government would address plans to build artificial islands off Lantau waters “later”, despite calls from developers to halt the project immediately. “We will not stop [creating land]...

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1 week ago Former US Army Sergeant pleads guilty after amateurish attempt at selling secrets to China

Former US Army Sergeant pleads guilty after amateurish attempt at selling secrets to China  theregister.com

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1 week ago Former JBLM soldier pleads guilty to trying to sell secrets to China

Former JBLM soldier pleads guilty to trying to sell secrets to China  Stars and Stripes

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1 week ago Hong Kong man blames mental illness for stabbing elderly father to death

A 35-year-old Hong Kong clerk who cut and stabbed his father more than 80 times in the family home following an argument has maintained that he was not at fault for killing him because he was mentally unstable. Lee Man-lok pleaded guilty at the High Court on Thursday to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility for fatally assaulting Lee Hok-choi, 78, on October 11, 2021. Prosecutors agreed to reduce the original murder charge after three psychiatrists concluded the defendant’s...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong cook given 160 hours of community service for cruelty to dogs

A chef at a prominent Buddhist monastery in Hong Kong has been sentenced to 160 hours of community service for wrapping two stray dogs in nylon bags and abandoning them in the wild last year. West Kowloon Court on Thursday spared 65-year-old Ng Sing-yiu from jail after his probation officer found the defendant genuinely regretted his misdeeds and displayed a “strong desire” to turn over a new leaf. Ng pleaded guilty earlier this month to three counts of animal cruelty for committing the offences...

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2 w. ago WA soldier from JBLM pleads guilty to sharing military secrets with China

WA soldier from JBLM pleads guilty to sharing military secrets with China  FOX 13 Seattle

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2 w. ago Mother convicted of manslaughter for stabbing daughter to death in Hong Kong

A mother has been convicted of manslaughter for stabbing her daughter to death at a Hong Kong public rental flat four years ago under the delusion that she had to kill the victim to protect her son. Part-time security guard Yang Leying, 50, pleaded guilty at the High Court on Tuesday after prosecutors agreed to reduce her original murder charge on the basis that she was suffering from an abnormality of mind when she fatally assaulted her 24-year-old daughter Chen Lianqin on December 6,...

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2 w. ago Woman convicted of manslaughter for stabbing daughter to death in Hong Kong

A mother has been convicted of manslaughter for stabbing her daughter to death at a Hong Kong public rental flat four years ago under the delusion that she had to kill the victim to protect her son. Part-time security guard Yang Leying, 50, pleaded guilty at the High Court on Tuesday after prosecutors agreed to reduce her original murder charge on the basis that she was suffering from an abnormality of mind when she fatally assaulted her 24-year-old daughter Chen Lianqin on December 6,...

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2 w. ago 2 owners of luxury homes in Hong Kong fined HK$110,000 over illegal structures

Two owners of luxury homes at Redhill Peninsula have been fined more than HK$110,000 (US$14,015) in total after admitting to carrying out unauthorised building works, the first convictions among 30 prosecutions taken against the landlords of the estate on Hong Kong Island where rampant illegal structures were found. A spokesman for the Buildings Department said on Friday evening the two owners pleaded guilty at Eastern Court to carrying out unauthorised building works on Thursday. They were...

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3 w. ago Teen star of Hong Kong documentary on DSE exams convicted of theft again

A Hong Kong student who starred in a popular web documentary about the city’s university entrance exams has been convicted of theft for a second time after pleading guilty to shoplifting at a supermarket. Eastern Court on Thursday recorded a guilty plea from Tang Ngai-hong, who admitted to stealing a bag of fruit and two packets of potato chips from the Fresh supermarket at Kornhill Plaza North in Quarry Bay on January 5. The offence took place just five months after the 19-year-old was fined...

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3 w. ago Hong Kong policeman gets community service order for defrauding credit union

A Hong Kong policeman has been sentenced to 220 hours of community service for defrauding the force’s credit union to secure HK$280,000 (US$35,675) in loans. Traffic officer Shum Sze-long, 45, returned to Fanling Court on Wednesday to receive sentencing for one count of fraud and another of attempted fraud for providing inaccurate and incomplete information to the Hong Kong Police Credit Union during two loan applications. The now-suspended officer, who pleaded guilty last month, understated his...

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3 w. ago Domestic helper gets 14 months’ jail in Hong Kong for jewellery theft

A domestic helper has been jailed for 14 months in Hong Kong after admitting that she stole jewellery from her employer and pawned most of the 47 items for HK$200,000 out of greed. Eastern Court on Monday sentenced Sherelle Lyn Valle Dajay, 41, for the theft of valuables taken from her employer’s home at Black’s Link in Happy Valley over a seven-month span last year. The Filipino national pleaded guilty last month to two counts of theft. She took valuables stored inside an unlocked wardrobe in...

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3 w. ago Hong Kong producer Raymond Wong to plead not guilty to insider trading

Film producer and actor Raymond Wong Pak-ming planned to plead not guilty to the alleged insider trading offences brought by Hong Kong’s securities watchdog, according to his legal representative. Wong, 79, is being prosecuted by the Securities and Futures Commission for alleged insider trading concerning shares in Transmit Entertainment, a television series production company previously known as Pegasus Entertainment Holdings. The watchdog alleges that the defendant, who was Pegasus...

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4 w. ago Chef at Hong Kong monastery admits to cruelty after tying 2 dogs up in bags

A chef at a prominent Buddhist monastery in Hong Kong has pleaded guilty to three counts of animal cruelty after dragging and stuffing two dogs in nylon bags and releasing them on grounds far away from the kitchen, saying he wanted to maintain the facility’s hygiene. West Kowloon Court heard on Thursday that the two stray mongrels were fed by staff at the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, with the 65-year-old defendant Ng Sing-yiu committing the offences outside the premises’ Hung Uk Dormitory...

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4 w. ago Chef at Hong Kong monastery admits cruelty after tying 2 dogs up in bags

A chef at a prominent Buddhist monastery in Hong Kong has pleaded guilty to three counts of animal cruelty after dragging and stuffing two dogs in nylon bags and releasing them on grounds far away from the kitchen, saying he wanted to maintain the facility’s hygiene. West Kowloon Court heard on Thursday that the two stray mongrels were fed by staff at the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, with the 65-year-old defendant Ng Sing-yiu committing the offences outside the premises’ Hung Uk Dormitory...

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