14 h. ago Hong Kong police arrest 10 over gender selection and surrogacy services

Company raided after advertising that they could allow customers to choose their babies’ gender and connect them with surrogate mothers.

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14 h. ago Hong Kong police arrest 10 over sex selection and surrogacy services

Company raided after advertising it could allow customers to choose their babies’ sex and connect them with surrogates.

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33 h. ago Hong Kong police recover stolen cat from Sham Shui Po store, arrest 2

Officers identified suspects, 46-year-old woman and 43-year-old man, after examining CCTV footage.

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4 d. ago Hong Kong police arrest McDonald’s worker, 16, for allegedly spitting on woman

Video shows boy shouting, repeatedly spitting on female colleague, 19, at North Point branch.

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5 d. ago Police start using video at 4 Hong Kong junctions to penalise errant drivers

‘We will focus on driving behaviours that can cause traffic accidents and serious road blockage, such as stopping their vehicles in restricted areas,’ force says.

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6 d. ago Hong Kong police arrest 34, seize drugs worth HK$170,000 in Easter holiday bust

13-year-old among suspects caught in anti-crime operation in West Kowloon, with haul of narcotics including cannabis, LSD, cocaine and ‘space oil’.

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8 d. ago Hong Kong police arrest 4, seize HK$38 million of cocaine in drug crackdown

Officers discover 48kg of suspected cocaine after raiding 2,000 sq ft drug storage warehouse in Ta Kwu Ling.

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8 d. ago Hong Kong police arrest 8 over deepfake scams bypassing bank security checks

Successful attempts to open bank accounts involved images created by merging scammers’ faces and those on stolen ID cards using artificial intelligence, force says.

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8 d. ago 8 arrested over running Hong Kong scam ring, opening bank accounts with deepfakes

Successful attempts to open bank accounts involved images created by merging scammers’ faces and those on stolen ID cards using artificial intelligence, force says.

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9 d. ago SCMP alerts Hong Kong police over bogus lookalike report on tycoon Li Ka

Fake article claims billionaire offered cryptocurrency investment advice during TV news interview.

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1 week ago Hong Kong police arrest 6 over HK$20 million government loan fraud

Three men and three women, aged between 29 and 45, applied for funds under the Special 100 per cent Loan Guarantee Scheme.

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1 week ago Hong Kong police to use video at 4 traffic junctions to fine errant motorists

Black spots on Hong Kong Island to be monitored from April 22 using footage from Transport Department to tackle congestion and traffic offences.

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1 week ago Hong Kong should ban AI tools posing threats to human safety: policy office

City’s digital policy office rolls out guidelines on generative AI tools, calls for software to be classified under four-tier system.

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1 week ago Hong Kong police suspect animal cruelty after 2 turtles found dead

Animal carcasses discovered in two separate locations on the same day, with fatal injuries sustained from falling to their deaths.

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1 week ago Hong Kong policeman cleared of molesting colleague but convicted on 2 other counts

Court convicts Superintendent Joseph Luk of dangerous driving and biting another colleague during incident after banquet in Fanling in 2022.

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1 week ago Hong Kong policeman cleared of molesting colleague, convicted on 2 other charges

Court convicts Superintendent Joseph Luk of dangerous driving and biting another colleague during incident after banquet in Fanling in 2022.

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1 week ago Hong Kong cyclist, 62, dies after being hit by minibus, police investigating

Minibus driver, 74, arrested over dangerous driving causing death and is being held for questioning.

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2 w. ago Hong Kong police arrest 4 teens over watch theft and conspiracy

One of the suspects allegedly stole a watch worth HK$58,000 from an online seller he met in Tseung Kwan O.

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2 w. ago Hong Kong police consider unleashing robot dogs for law enforcement

Other initiatives include the use of drones and linking surveillance camera systems with other government departments.

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2 w. ago New Hong Kong police chief pledges more international cooperation against scams

Commissioner of Police Joe Chow wants to tackle low detection rate of scams, also says protests will be allowed with national security caveats.

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