7 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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28 h. 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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30 h. 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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30 h. 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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51 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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51 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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2 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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6 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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7 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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7 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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9 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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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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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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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