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Public Safety & Justice · 10 Sep

Channel C operator’s representative faces five charges over alleged HK$161,000 wage arrears

Chan Chi-hang denies the allegations involving three employees and is due to stand trial on 13 and 15 October 2026.

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Public Safety & Justice · 10 Sep

Hong Kong student convicted of rape, indecent assault and voyeurism charges involving five women

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Public Safety & Justice · 10 Sep

Man pleads guilty to indecent assault on East Rail Line train

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Public Safety & Justice · 10 Sep

Police arrest two men over alleged HK$280,000 cross-border burglaries in three districts

Police say the pair, who held two-way permits, targeted unoccupied industrial units and isolated warehouses at night for at least two months before returning to the mainland.

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Public Safety & Justice · 10 Sep

ICAC charges former HKEX vice-president over alleged failure to declare assets

Tong Po-hing, 39, was granted bail and is due to enter a plea at Eastern Magistrates’ Court on 11 September 2026.

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Public Safety & Justice · 10 Sep

Senior Customs officer acquitted after court accepts back pat was meant as comfort

Tong Kin Chung was cleared of indecent assault and an alternative common assault charge over an alleged incident at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port in December 2025.

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Public Safety & Justice · 10 Sep

Police initially treat North Point estate death as suspected suicide

The woman, surnamed Lau and believed to be about 70, was a resident of the estate and a suicide note was found at the scene.

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Public Safety & Justice · 10 Sep

Hong Kong student arrested over alleged HK$1.8m mainland police phone scam

Police allege the 19-year-old acted as an in-person intermediary, showing victims fake identification and handing them forged confidentiality agreements.

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Public Safety & Justice · 10 Sep

Claim filed over 2023 ambulance crash on Waterloo Road, with 2027 hearing set

Yeung Ka Ki is seeking damages and related costs from the ambulance driver and the Director of Fire Services, but no court finding on liability has been reported.

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Public Safety & Justice · 10 Sep

High Court allows Bar Association challenge over Wu Oi-yee misconduct ruling

The judicial-review hearing over the complaint, which arose from a 2019 Victoria Park assembly conviction, is scheduled for 9 November 2026.

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Public Safety & Justice · 10 Sep

Elderly woman reportedly taken to hospital after Kwai Chung restaurant fire

About 50 diners evacuated on their own as heavy smoke spread from the Shek Yin Road restaurant towards upstairs residential units.

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Public Safety & Justice · 10 Sep

Two men jailed for 36 and 38 months over Hong Kong secession conspiracy

The pair admitted conspiring to secede under the Hong Kong National Security Law through involvement in the Hong Kong Democratic Nation-Building Alliance.

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Public Safety & Justice · 10 Sep

One-year-old girl dies after being found unconscious at Kai Tak transitional housing complex

The girl was found without breathing or a pulse at a unit in Block 6 on the morning of the 10th and later died in hospital despite resuscitation efforts.

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Public Safety & Justice · 10 Sep

Hong Kong Customs seize 12.82 million duty-unpaid cigarettes in Kwai Chung and Kwu Tung operation

A 55-year-old local lorry driver was arrested after officers found cigarettes in a vehicle being prepared for export from a Kwai Chung logistics warehouse.

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Public Safety & Justice · 9 Sep

Joint operation intercepts speedboat off Chek Lap Kok, seizing HK$22m of cigarettes and arresting two

Hong Kong Customs and mainland authorities stopped the suspected smuggling vessel in waters north-west of the airport on September 8.