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A close, cut-paper-style view of an industrial wire fence with a small opening beside a warehouse path, with a compact microchip scanner and plain leaflet placed on a muted blue-grey surface; no people or animals are visible.

Public Safety & Justice · 21 Sep

Black dog escapes during search after fatal Yuen Long attack

About 20 personnel searched warehouses, paths and shaded hiding places as a black dog escaped through a fence.

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A subdued cut-paper architectural illustration shows two separate residential doorways divided by a strong vertical boundary, with a small courthouse form beyond; no people are visible.

Public Safety & Justice · 21 Sep

Guardian jailed 20 months after assaulting woman with intellectual and cognitive impairments

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Public Safety & Justice · 21 Sep

Abby Choi murder case reaches High Court as public fills extra courtrooms

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A top-down cut-paper civic diagram shows an abstract roadside and cycle route, a CCTV symbol beside a timeline that stops before a marked gap, three neutral numbered nodes moving toward a review panel, and connectors for patrols, penalties and owner responsibilities.

Public Safety & Justice · 21 Sep

Yuen Long death prompts review of stray-dog controls

Officials will examine patrols, penalties and dog-owner responsibilities while investigators establish whether three captured dogs were involved.

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Public Safety & Justice · 21 Sep

Meter-room fire leaves parts of Oi Man Estate without power and water

Residents reported darkened flats and moved downstairs as a tanker supplied emergency water after the Sunday-night incident.

Top-down cut-paper illustration of unbranded earrings, a bracelet and a necklace arranged in two separated inspection trays linked by a broken divider, with abstract exhibition and trading-company grids suggesting Wan Chai and Hung Hom.

Public Safety & Justice · 21 Sep

Two arrested after suspected counterfeit jewellery seized at Wan Chai fair

Customs officers seized about 27 earrings, bracelets and necklaces worth HK$160,000 during searches in Wan Chai and Hung Hom.

An empty roadside edge in a simplified Hong Kong architectural collage leads toward a contained animal-management enclosure, with a small identification tag and abstract process markers arranged across the scene.

Public Safety & Justice · 21 Sep

Night operation targets unattended dogs after reported Yuen Long death

Police carried shields and protective equipment while department staff carried tranquiliser guns near Pok Wai South Road.

Top-down cut-paper diagram of interrupted tram tracks beside a stopped route 18 bus with a few broken window lines and a displaced generic roadside fixture between them; no people are shown.

Public Safety & Justice · 20 Sep

Tram derailment damages route 18 bus and injures passenger on Des Voeux Road West

A route 18 bus’s right-side windows were broken and a lower-deck passenger was taken to hospital after the derailment.

Flat cut-paper illustration of Tai Kwun’s Prison Yard with heritage walls and the D14 entrance, showing a large overturned stone separated from its white supporting seat inside a simple cordon.

Public Safety & Justice · 20 Sep

Artwork at Tai Kwun damaged as police investigate criminal damage

A stone and its supporting seat were overturned near the Prison Yard’s D14 entrance, prompting a CCTV review and cordon.

An empty simplified street junction with cool blue-grey building planes, a white suitcase on one side and an unoccupied baby stroller on the other, connected only by a broken line across the pavement.

Public Safety & Justice · 20 Sep

Suspected footage shows man holding baby kicking suitcase and pram in Prince Edward confrontation

The video appears to show the man pushing a woman to the ground before police arrived to find neither person at the scene.

Top-down editorial diagram of two separate overturned goods trucks on simplified Hong Kong road fragments, one beside a residential block and one beside a bent roadside railing at a street junction, with interrupted route lines, investigation markers and a small hospital destination block.

Public Safety & Justice · 20 Sep

Two pig trucks overturn in separate early-morning crashes

One driver was taken to hospital after a Fanling Highway crash; reports differ over injuries in the second incident.

A simplified midnight roadside scene shows an empty shared bicycle beside an interrupted cycle-track line, with a low sewage pumping station represented by flat architectural shapes in the background.

Public Safety & Justice · 20 Sep

Woman found unconscious beside shared bicycle in Yuen Long dies after treatment, report says

She was discovered near a sewage pumping station on Pok Wai South Road after a passer-by alerted police shortly after midnight.

A quiet cut-paper illustration of an empty Yuen Long road beside a simplified school building, with two hospital forms linked by a thin route line and an interrupted case marker.

Public Safety & Justice · 20 Sep

Man arrested after woman injured in Yuen Long knife attack

The 31-year-old woman was taken to hospital after the attack on Fung Nin Road near a secondary school.

A flat cut-paper illustration shows a generic car at a simplified bridge checkpoint, with its lower trunk compartment opened to reveal neatly arranged silver bars; a small courthouse-calendar shape sits nearby.

Public Safety & Justice · 20 Sep

Driver charged after HK$1m in suspected silver bars found in car

Customs say the bars were concealed in a lower trunk compartment after the car was stopped following a risk assessment.

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Public Safety & Justice · 19 Sep

Driver arrested after suspected etomidate cartridges found in Tsz Wan Shan car

Police found four suspected drug-containing smoking cartridges after responding to a report that a driver appeared unconscious in his vehicle.