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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.
- 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.
The victims, who were 23 and 36, were killed on the premises of a shopping centre in the village of Murnau in Upper Bavaria. Possible motive for the killings was not yet known, police said.
US State Department said law, which imposes jail terms of up to 15 years for same-sex relations, ‘threatens those most at risk in Iraqi society’. UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron called law ‘dangerous’.
Eldest son called police expressing concern for mother, saying she had left their Tung Chung home crying.
At least 26 women have been killed this year – one every four days – according to rights lobby group Destroy The Joint.
Operator reported burglary to police after returning to the shop on Jardine’s Crescent in Causeway Bay on Sunday and finding it had been ransacked overnight.
The surge happened after Japan allowed users to ride electric scooters without a driving licence in July.
Disgraced property mogul Truong My Lan may have been the richest person in Vietnam at one point – before she was caught taking out billions in fraudulent bank loans
City’s chief imam, Mufti Muhammad Arshad, condemns incidents but says he believes it is an individual case.
Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin have denied the charges for which they will be detained for a minimum of two months.
Meet Allen Weisselberg – retired CFO of the Trump Organisation and the former president’s most trusted accountant who’s heading to prison for the second time aged 76
