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Crime news including the latest on murder cases, the hunt for serial killers, triads, court cases and trials, shootings, burglary, armed robbery and corruption.
Heartbreaking case of alleged child abuse by nanny from city neighbourhood scheme raises questions about screening, instruction and assessment.
Automatic right to screens in Hong Kong courts that spare complainants from having to face the accused would encourage victims of crime to come forward, and enhance justice.
While authorities should promote safe internet practices for the young and vulnerable, parents can strengthen the first line of defence by staying vigilant about their children’s online activities.
Care, detailed legislation and regulation are required when employing technology that may prove effective in catching criminals.
Social media platforms must stay abreast of sinister technology developments that have ensnared Hong Kong leader John Lee and pop star Taylor Swift, among others.
- Her statements gave hush money trial jurors an inside look at the Trump campaign’s damage control efforts amid accusations of unflattering sexual behaviour
- Hicks also described how her boss was upset about the ‘Access Hollywood’ recording in which he bragged about grabbing women’s genitals
Three Indian nationals have been charged in the shooting, and authorities are ‘investigating connections to the government of India’.
Yvette Wang admitted to conspiring with the self-exiled Chinese businessman and others to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
Dental equipment and controlled medicine seized during a raid on Cheung Sha Wan flat where 71-year-old woman allegedly practised dentistry.
Customs inspector says haul includes smartphones, phone accessories, watches, handbags and shoes, with items all destined for overseas.
Police Chief Inspector Leung Chi-lung was shot in his office in 1994 by Sergeant Leung Chung, who then held him hostage for three hours. The inspector died, but the sergeant was cleared of his murder.
Speaking at Trump’s hush money trial, lawyer Keith Davidson testified about his concern that he may have helped the businessman win the White House.
The procedure was popularised by celebs like Kim Kardashian and Gwyneth Paltrow – and now 3 women at a spa have contracted HIV
Man found lying unconscious with severe head injuries on abandoned mattress at the private pier of Sea Ranch estate early on Wednesday.
Card reader, false keypad and suspected wireless transmitter uncovered at a cash deposit machine in Mong Kok.
Seventy-two men, 70 women arrested after officers raid, shut down 18 vice establishments, seven gambling dens and unlicensed pub during 11-day operation.
Struggling US-China ties, a human rights shock and a student in big trouble: these are the highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from April 2024.
Prajwal Revanna is accused of sexually assaulting hundreds of women after the release of videos showing his alleged crimes.
The US Justice Department is proposing to reclassify the drug, a move that would shake up cannabis policy nationwide.
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange allowed numerous trades that violated US sanctions, including ones involving Hamas, al-Qaeda and Iran.
Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, are accused of felling the 150-year-old sycamore at Hadrian’s Wall and damaging the Unesco site.
Donald Trump has made illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border a centrepiece of his campaign against US President Joe Biden, a Democrat who is running for a second four-year term.
Court of Appeal clears three executives of two charges of conspiracy to defraud and quashes conviction of fourth defendant.
A 36-year-old man was subdued with a stun gun and arrested on suspicion of murder in a residential area near Hainault subway station.
Police and Department of Health mount joint operation in Yau Tsim Mong district, arresting trio, aged between 29 and 33, for alleged illegal sale of medicinal products.
A 45-year-old man, Zhang Ruijin, linked to Singapore’s largest money laundering case, was sentenced to 15 months’ jail on Tuesday. The sentence is the harshest meted out so far in the US$2.2 billion case.
Beijing’s top anti-graft agency says Liu, who once served on Interpol executive committee, is ‘suspected of serious violations of discipline and law’ which is widely understood to mean corruption.
British comedian Russell Brand, facing allegations of rape and sexual assault from multiple women, doubled down on his commitment to Christianity over the weekend.
After police questioned Depardieu on Monday, Paris prosecutor said the actor, 75, would face trial over assaults allegedly committed during filming in 2021.
Three women contracted HIV after getting “vampire facials” at an unlicensed medical spa in New Mexico, in the first known such cases, authorities said.
Mainland’s General Administration of Customs says two men, who were departing in a group, stopped at Luohu border checkpoint after abnormalities detected in luggage.
Scrutiny cast on internet service providers, lax enforcement and a disturbing culture compounded by poverty.
The growth of Chinese family offices has been slowing in the city state amid tighter checks on new applicants. Elevated property prices and higher stamp duty aren’t helping either.
The suspects, members of Reichsbuerger (Citizens of the Reich), allegedly aimed to impose martial law on Germany and install an aristocrat as leader in a plot foiled by police in 2022.
