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A 65-year-old Hong Kong man with three prior convictions for indecent assault has received a four-month prison sentence for groping a 17-year-old Form Three student on a bus. The June incident was recorded and shared online.
A 26-year-old British woman has been sentenced to six years imprisonment in Hong Kong after a court found her guilty of blackmailing a man for £100,000 by threatening to report a fabricated rape claim.
Hong Kong's security chief Chris Tang has pledged that authorities will prosecute anyone with evidence of wrongdoing connected to last year's Wang Fuk Court fire, which killed 168 people. He defended the independent inquiry's decision against seeking statutory witness-compulsion powers.
An independent panel probing Hong Kong's Wang Fuk Court fire has declined to request statutory powers, disappointing survivors who worry about gaps in investigative authority and accountability during the inquiry.
Kee Wah Bakery, a prominent Hong Kong bakery established in 1938, has disclosed a ransomware attack on its internal network. The incident has triggered inquiries from Hong Kong's privacy commissioner regarding possible data extraction involving employee and customer information.
A Hong Kong dancer paralyzed when a giant LED screen fell during a Cantopop concert has been awarded HK$6.29 million in damages. Mo Li Kai-yin, now requiring round-the-clock care, received maximum compensation for catastrophic injuries.
Hong Kong police have arrested seven suspects within 12 hours of a HK$7 million gold heist at the airport, where a man was stabbed and robbed of gold bars he was transporting from Bali for a mainland businessman.
Hong Kong entertainment veteran Raymond Wong Pak Ming, 80, has voluntarily surrendered his bail to begin a five-month jail term following conviction for insider trading. Wong plans to appeal the decision in the High Court.
A Swedish court has rejected a Hong Kong couple's attempt to challenge a social welfare decision to transfer legal guardianship of their four-year-old daughter to foster parents, citing concerns about the child's welfare and stability.