8 h. ago Hong Kong teens held over swindling elderly woman out of HK$50,000 in phone scam

Hong Kong police have arrested a 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man on suspicion of swindling an 85-year-old woman out of HK$50,000 (US$6,369) by pretending to be her daughter and claiming to require bail money. The force said on Sunday the victim reported the incident on Friday. After receiving a call from someone who said she was her daughter and in police custody, the elderly woman followed instructions and handed over HK$50,000 in cash to a man at a prearranged location. She only...

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33 h. ago Hong Kong girl, 15, arrested over ‘space oil’ after dad alerts police

Hong Kong police have arrested a 15-year-old after her father reported she was smoking an e-cigarette containing “space oil” at home with her classmate, who is wanted by the force, the Post has learned. A source said on Saturday that the classmate, who was also 15, brought an e-cigarette, which she claimed contained the anaesthetic etomidate, to the girl’s home at Kwong Fuk Estate in Tai Po on Friday night and persuaded her they smoke it together. When the mother spotted them, the classmate...

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4 d. ago Hong Kong girl, 17, rescued from fire likely caused by power bank

A 17-year-old Hong Kong girl was rescued on Wednesday after a fire, believed to have been caused by a power bank, broke out in a flat in Tsuen Wan. Fire Services received a report at 7.59am that smoke had been seen coming out from the flat at Hoi Kwai Mansion of Riviera Gardens. Firefighters then broke into the flat and saved the girl, who was sent to Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan for smoke inhalation. The Fire Services Department said the fire, suspected to have been triggered by a power bank,...

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1 week ago ‘Treated like a criminal’: fury over Hong Kong student’s Australian deportation

The mother of a 16-year-old Hong Kong girl studying in Australia is considering legal action after her daughter was deported from the country less than eight hours after a quarrel with her homestay family led to the teen’s eviction from her accommodation. The mother told the Post in late May about her follow-up action regarding the incident in March, even as Australian authorities said the welfare of international students was their top priority after concerns were raised over the lack of...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong police arrest mother of baby, dead after being trapped in bed gap

Hong Kong police have arrested the mother of a nine-month-old girl who died after being found unconscious and trapped in a gap between a cot and a bed. Police said they received a report at around 7am on Tuesday that the baby was found unconscious at a flat in Fortress Hill. She was rushed to Ruttonjee Hospital in Wan Chai, where she was pronounced dead at 8.03am. The force added that the mother, 32, left the baby on the bed after feeding her on Monday night. She then found the unconscious girl...

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3 w. ago Crying toddler girl found alone alongside dead mum in Hong Kong flat

Loud cries from child, aged three, alerted neighbours, with police finding the 40-year-old mother unresponsive on her bed.

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3 w. ago Crying girl, 3, found alone alongside dead mum in Hong Kong flat

Loud cries from child alerted neighbours, with police finding the 40-year-old mother unresponsive on her bed.

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3 w. ago Trial begins for men accused of abusing young Hong Kong girl

Court hears how Quan Zhiming, 53, and Li Kam-fai, 71, assaulted the girl during separate relationships with her mother, who is accused of perverting the course of justice.

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3 w. ago Teen arrested in Hong Kong after dad calls police over ‘space oil’ possession

Teenager, 14, arrested after police find 26 vape cartridges suspected to contain etomidate.

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