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Hong Kong student given 12-month probation order over Tsuen Wan knife assault

Lin Tsz-shun, 18, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm after an incident at an industrial-building unit on April 12, 2026.

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Public Safety & Justice · 2 Sep

Reports say two school buses collided near school in Ngau Chi Wan, with injuries reported

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Public Safety & Justice · 2 Sep

Former church treasurer remanded on 21 charges; transfer hearing set for 12 October

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Public Safety & Justice · 2 Sep

FEHD officer fined HK$5,000 and given probation order over Mong Kok MTR offences

The 44-year-old assistant hawker control officer admitted two offences involving the filming or observation of two women’s intimate areas on May 4, 2026.

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Public Safety & Justice · 2 Sep

Man injured and phone, wallet taken in reported Tsim Sha Tsui assault

The 49-year-old victim was taken to hospital after seeking help downstairs, while police investigate the case as assault occasioning bodily harm.

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Public Safety & Justice · 2 Sep

Customs seize 4.25 million suspected illicit cigarettes in raids on four Hong Kong warehouses

Four men were arrested after a territory-wide operation on September 1 targeted storage sites in San Tin, Tsuen Wan and North Point.

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Public Safety & Justice · 2 Sep

Woman struck by car and following minibus in Tseung Kwan O

The 29-year-old pedestrian was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital after the crash near the Po Lam Ambulance Depot and later regained consciousness.

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Public Safety & Justice · 1 Sep

48-year-old man arrested over suspected covert filming in Tsing Yi supermarket

Police said a 28-year-old woman reported that she may have been filmed inside a Fung Shue Wo Road supermarket on August 28.

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Public Safety & Justice · 1 Sep

Hong Kong man jailed 16 months over sham marriage and false fatherhood declaration

The 32-year-old admitted taking about HK$50,000 to help a mainland woman obtain documents to give birth in Hong Kong, while the Immigration Department investigates others linked to the case.

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Public Safety & Justice · 1 Sep

Hong Kong police find no evidence dog-abuse video was filmed in city

Officers received an electronic report on August 29 and are investigating the role of the account that uploaded or shared the footage.

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Public Safety & Justice · 1 Sep

Two boys arrested after 6.4kg of suspected ketamine found in garden lamp posts

Customs found the drugs in a parcel from Belgium and arrested the boys in Ngau Tau Kok during a controlled-delivery operation.

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Public Safety & Justice · 1 Sep

Court of Appeal to rule on 612 Fund trustees’ Societies Ordinance convictions on 3 September 2026

The trustees argue that the now-defunct fund was a public charitable trust, while prosecutors say it was a society subject to registration requirements.

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Public Safety & Justice · 1 Sep

Medical assistant convicted of indecent assault at Ruttonjee Hospital

The case was adjourned at the Eastern Magistrates’ Court to 16 September 2026 for sentencing, pending a background report.

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Public Safety & Justice · 1 Sep

High Court hears complainant’s account of alleged touching at university camp

The defendant denies five charges involving five women, while the prosecution also played his recorded police interview concerning another complainant.

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Public Safety & Justice · 1 Sep

Hong Kong top court rejects surgeon’s final appeal bid over retained surgical gauze

The Medical Council found Chu Kin-wah guilty of two counts of professional misconduct after a patient’s continuing abdominal pain was not appropriately investigated and gauze was later removed in another operation.