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More than 180 Hongkongers| fell victim to online shopping scams and lost more than HK$1.33 million in total over just one week, prompting police to urge residents to be cautious [...]

A government worker has died in hospital after being stung four times by bees while planting trees at a country park on one of the city’s outlying islands. Ng Kwok-pui, [...]

Murdered Hong Kong model Abby Choi Tin-fung is expected to have her face recreated using 3D printing technology to allow ­grieving relatives a chance to mourn and give her a [...]

A jobless public housing tenant accused of running a criminal syndicate that laundered HK$3.5 billion in illegal proceeds was among eight arrested in the second-largest case of its kind in [...]

A 14-year-old was arrested on suspicion of robbing a group of mahjong players at knifepoint with two other assailants in a Mong Kok flat early yesterday. The suspect was caught [...]

National security police have seized a sculpture commemorating the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in connection with a subversion investigation, the Post has learned. A source familiar with [...]

Police are hunting a robber with “golden-dyed hair” who impersonated a buyer and stole a HK$100,000 Rolex watch after luring its owner to a street deal near a railway station. [...]

Two Hongkongers have lost nearly HK$10 million in total after being lured into investing in ­cryptocurrency and mainland stocks in separate cases. A police source yesterday said one of the [...]

Police were yesterday investigating an animal cruelty case in which a nine-year-old Yorkshire terrier suffered head injuries, with an operation to save the dog recovering 18 skull fragments. The Non-Profit [...]

Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has promoted the No 2 officer at the police National Security De­­part­­ment to its top role, praising his fearlessness and dedication to the job despite [...]

Undercover police officers posing as partygoers in the Lan Kwai Fong nightlife hub arrested a taxi driver for allegedly charging them HK$300 for a HK$70 journey, the force revealed yesterday. [...]

Police will swamp major shopping districts and other areas popular with tourists in a crackdown on crime designed to coincide with the Labour Day “golden week” holiday and an expected [...]

Eight people have been detained in connection with the murder of an elderly man during a knife attack in the New Territories last month. The seven men and a woman, [...]

A learner motorcyclist died in an accident on Hong Kong Island yesterday, only 12 minutes after a separate incident nearby left three people injured during the morning rush hour. Police [...]

A man was arrested seven times in four months in connection with deception cases after he allegedly sold his bank account for HK$2,000, which was then used to collect scammed [...]

Police have arrested a man ­disguising himself as a food ­courier to allegedly distribute drugs, alongside his girlfriend, after officers discovered HK$9.39 million worth of narcotics at the couple’s two [...]

A student has been denied bail over a charge of ­conspiracy to commit terrorist activities after he allegedly made plans to bomb Hong Kong’s judicial buildings and public infrastructure. Chief [...]

Nearly 200 Hong Kong residents were swindled out of more than HK$40 million in the last two weeks after they were taken in by bogus job offers. Most of the [...]

Six people were injured when wooden panels erected along a footbridge in northern Hong Kong toppled over during a heavy rainstorm yesterday, while the city’s forecaster said the poor conditions [...]

Police have arrested 10 suspects and intercepted HK$4 million in scammed money linked to seven online deception cases involving HK$31 million and 52 victims. The force yesterday said most of [...]

Customs officers have seized HK$905 million worth of black-market cigarettes since January, marking a 330 per cent increase from the same period last year. The Post has learned officers had [...]

​A retiree lost all of her nearly HK$7 million savings in two months after falling victim to an online cryptocurrency investment scam, it was revealed yesterday. The 55-year-old woman ­realised [...]

A Hong Kong architect has become the latest victim of a cryptocurrency investment scam after being duped out of more than HK$24 million, sources have revealed. The deception case came [...]

A citywide manhunt was launched yesterday for a suspected drug trafficker who escaped from custody at a court by switching his identification wristband with another detainee in the same holding [...]

An Italian financial consultant was duped out of more than HK$14 million in five weeks after being tricked by his bogus online lover into investing in cryptocurrency, it was revealed [...]

Police are hunting six fraudsters who cheated a 54-year-old man out of more than HK$540,000 in an online romance scam. One of the swindlers, who claimed to be a female [...]

A taxi driver was killed during a fiery collision involving three vehicles yesterday ­morning that closed off a key highway for ­airport traffic for about seven hours. At around 4.30am, [...]

A fire at a residential building early yesterday left one man dead and three others critically injured, while 30 residents were forced to flee to safety. The three in critical [...]

Three suspected triad members have been arrested for allegedly abducting a resident who was bundled into a car which was later abandoned with the victim on board after it was [...]

Police have launched a manhunt after an elderly man died in a knife attack near his home as he walked to work before daybreak yes­­­ter­­­day. A source familiar with the [...]

Police have offered a HK$150,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of anyone involved in a suspected airgun attack on a court building that broke a large ­window as [...]

Firefighters will look into failed fire suppression systems at a warehouse in Cheung Sha Wan after taking more than six hours to put out a No 3 alarm blaze that [...]

Police have launched a hunt for a taxi driver accused of switching lanes carelessly and causing a five-vehicle pile-up yesterday near Tseung Kwan O Tunnel that left 93 people injured. [...]

The Competition Commission has started legal proceedings against a group of local ­companies and individuals accused of manipulating the bidding process of a Covid-19 relief programme. The commission yesterday outlined [...]

National security police have arrested former opposition lawmaker Albert Ho Chun-yan on suspicion of perverting the course of justice while out on bail, the Post has learned. Ho, 71, was [...]

An elderly man allegedly poured hot water on his 72-year-old wife and their daughter while they slept, and then attacked them both with a meat cleaver yesterday. Police arrested the [...]

Fifty-eight passengers on the upper deck of a tilted bus were forced to remain in their seats for up to an hour to prevent it from toppling over after it [...]

National security officers have arrested the wife of former ­opposition lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan outside the prison where he is being detained. Former union leader Elizabeth Tang Yin-ngor, 65, was taken [...]

More than HK$200 million worth of black market cigarettes have been seized in a crackdown on the illegal trade since a 31 per cent rise in tobacco tax came into [...]

Losses from cryptocurrency- related scams doubled to more than HK$1.7 billion last year as the number of victims tricked into funnelling digital assets to online swindlers jumped 67 per cent [...]

A Hong Kong influencer has been charged over allegedly trying to help a suspect in the murder of model Abby Choi Tin-fung flee the city, after mainland authorities arrested her [...]

Human remains discovered at a Tai Po village house have been identified as belonging to slain model Abby Choi Tin-fung, the Post has learned. DNA tests confirmed a skull discovered [...]

Police have charged an 84-­year-old taxi driver whose cab ploughed through a crossing at a busy street on Sunday, leaving two ­pedestrians critically injured, after a check of the car [...]

A 41-year-old man accused of trying to help a suspect in the brutal murder of model Abby Choi Tin-fung flee Hong Kong by sea was arrested yesterday – the sixth [...]

Police uncovered the location of the Tai Po village house where model Abby Choi Tin-fung was dismembered by checking records from a vehicle’s global positioning system (GPS) and surveillance camera [...]

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of butchering a cat for food after its bloodstained carcass was found in her public housing flat yesterday. Officers were called to the [...]

A businessman lost more than HK$1.8 million in valuables and cash in a burglary that took place when he and his family left their home in Sha Tin for dinner, [...]

Family and friends of slain model Abby Choi Tin-fung gathered yesterday outside the village flat where police suspect she was dismembered to pay their respects and called for “justice to [...]

More than 100 police officers wearing protective gear will carry out the grim task of combing through a landfill today as they continue their search for body parts of dismembered [...]

Customs officers arrested the director of a logistics firm after finding HK$12 million worth of smuggled goods, including 13 tonnes of electronic waste, in a Malaysia-bound shipment. E-waste worth HK$4 [...]