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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.
- Britney Spears has a new man in her life after her amicable divorce from Sam Asghari – but he’s been making headlines for the wrong reasons, after the two were seen having a ‘huge’ fight at a hotel
- Sadly, despite Spears speaking out about her struggles with the media fanfare around her life, the paparazzi still continue to chase her even in her most vulnerable moments
Witnesses tell police woman bundled into car by two men in Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district.
The photographs were accompanied by messages stating that the victim was a ‘pig’s child’, ‘a prostitute’, and that she came from a ‘characterless family’, prosecutors said.
Data of almost 130,000 people leaked in string of breaches at major public bodies revealed in recent days.
The funding boost, announced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, comes as concerns rise over threats against Jewish and Muslim communities, fuelled in part by the Israel-Gaza war.
Matthias Ecke, a European parliament lawmaker, was set upon by four attackers as he put up election posters in an attack decried as a threat to democracy.
Grisly discovery appeared to confirm worst fears of the families of Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and American Jack Carter. Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the case.
Western Australia Premier Roger Cook said the boy ‘rushed’ at police after wounding someone and was fatally shot by an officer.
IT experts say government centralised cybersecurity would help prevent errors that lead to breaches of personal information.
Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend Jack Carter went missing last week during a surfing trip in Baja California state.
She 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.
