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Three Hong Kong men have been jailed for 28 days over firing water guns at police and reporters from local broadcaster TVB during a Thai water festival last year. YouTube Channel “Bravedogdog” uploaded a clip of a group of men shooting water guns at police officers and TVB News reporters during the Songkran celebrations in […]
The chief of Hong Kong’s correctional services has said the department would not be intimidated by threats of violence, after an officer was attacked outside a prison by a group of men with triad links. Pik Uk Correctional Institution. File photo: Wikimedia Commons. Commissioner of Correctional Services Wong Kwok-hing on Sunday visited a prison officer […]
Four Hong Kong men, including 19-year-old twins, have been sentenced to up to three years in prison for rioting in 2019 during the extradition bill unrest, after the judge cut their sentences because of the long delay in bringing them to justice. A large group of protesters gather near the government headquarters on July 1, […]
Hong Kong police handled more than 1,200 criminal cases of domestic violence in 2023, the highest number since 2019, official data submitted to the legislature has shown. The number of child protection cases managed by social welfare authorities also reached a five-year high last year. Children in Hong Kong. Photo: GovHK. The Social Welfare Department […]
An elderly activist who took banners to a Hong Kong park did not breach the law because his act of displaying them was not permanent, his lawyer has argued. Elderly activist Chan Ki-kau outside the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on October 30, 2024. Photo: Hillary Leung/HKFP. Chan Ki-kau, 78, appeared at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ […]
A Hong Kong NGO has urged authorities to amend “outdated” sexual offences legislation, after noting a sharp rise in sexual violence cases involving private images and intimate partners in the city. Anti-sexual violence group RainLily publishes publishes the Retrospective Study Statistical Report 2019-2023 on October 29, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. There was a “steady increase” […]
Photo: Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images) When Elon Musk started up his very normal swing state voter encouragement petition referral program and lottery, pretty much everyone with a head on their shoulders immediately said that it was extremely illegal for myriad reasons. Most folks said it ran afoul of laws preventing people from using cash to […]
A Hong Kong court has barred activist Chow Hang-tung from calling on overseas witnesses to testify virtually in her national security trial. Chow Hang-tung. Photo: Candice Chau/HKFP. A three-judge panel at the High Court handed down the decision on Monday, around 15 minutes after hearing Chow’s arguments that a new rule barring overseas witnesses from […]
Hong Kong’s new social work licensing body has suspended 11 social workers of their qualifications for up to three years, including eight with convictions related to the protests in 2019. Social Workers Registration Board. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. According to the Social Workers Registration Board’s notices published in the South China Morning Post and Sing […]
The 45 democrats convicted in Hong Kong’s largest national security trial after taking part in an unofficial primary election are expected to be sentenced next month. High Court Judge Andrew Chan has tentatively scheduled a sentencing hearing for November 19, according to a document seen by HKFP. Heavy police presence seen at West Kowloon Law […]