4 h. ago Hong Kong police arrest man over scams involving impersonation of mainland officers

20-year-old suspect allegedly targeted victims in at least eight telephone scams last month, swindling them of a total of HK$1.36 million.

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9 h. ago Hong Kong police investigating after woman, 38, found dead in Yuen Long flat

No suspicious wounds have been found on the woman’s body, insider says.

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9 h. ago Hong Kong police investigate after woman, 38, found dead in Yuen Long flat

No suspicious wounds have been found on the woman’s body, insider says.

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31 h. ago Police arrest man for posting ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ song, other seditious content online

Source says 22-year-old made ‘dozens’ of allegedly illegal posts and will be charged under Article 23 national security law.

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31 h. ago Police arrest man for alleged sedition over posting ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ song

Source says 22-year-old made ‘dozens’ of allegedly illegal posts and will be charged under Article 23 national security law.

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50 h. ago Hong Kong police arrest 99 in citywide drug trafficking crackdown

Operation involving 68 separate cases results in seizure of 220kg of narcotics worth HK$117 million, with suspects aged between 13 and 74.

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58 h. ago Hong Kong police to use drones for urban patrols later this year, source says

Drones will patrol areas with concentration of old tenement buildings, where scaffolding is common, in bid to prevent burglaries, insider says.

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3 d. ago Hong Kong police hunt for burglar who abandoned safe with HK$200,000 of jewellery

A neighbour saw the burglar abandoning the safe near a children’s playground on Stubb’s Road before fleeing the scene, force says.

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3 d. ago Hong Kong police asked to investigate after flat catches fire twice in 2 days

‘Suspicious’ people were captured on CCTV inside Wah Shun House, where the flat is located, fire department spokesman says.

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3 d. ago Keith Yip promoted to deputy commissioner of police in Hong Kong

The appointment was made weeks after Joe Chow, who previously held the post, was named the new commissioner of police.

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4 d. 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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4 d. 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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5 d. 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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8 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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9 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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