Commissioner's office of China's Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong says 'double
Commissioner’s office of China’s Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong says advisories defame city’s national security laws and tarnish human rights situation in city.
Hong Kong police on Thursday checked the identity cards of fans queueing outside an event for pro-democracy singer Anthony Wong, citing crowd control. Wong and lyricist Chow Yiu-fai were holding an autograph session organised by art group The House of Hong Kong Literature in in Sham Shui Po on Thursday evening when police officers arrived, […]
Hong Kong police have arrested a woman on suspicion of sharing test papers from the city’s university entrance examination online. The documents were leaked on Chinese social networking site Xiaohongshu, local media reported. A 23-year-old woman surnamed Lau was detained on Wednesday for allegedly breaching the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority Ordinance, police said […]
A Hong Kong teacher who lost her job at a government school over online comments about police during the 2019 protests has challenged the firing in court, arguing that it undermined her right to free speech. Toffee Tam was granted permission by the High Court last October to lodge a judicial review to challenge the […]
More suspected cocaine has washed ashore in Hong Kong with police seizing seven packages, weighing roughly 15 kilograms, from a Sai Kung beach on Sunday. Officers responded to a report from a hiker at around 2.45 pm, police told HKFP on Monday. The estimated value of the packages, found around Nam She Wan, totalled HK$15 […]
Hong Kong’s largest trade union federation has confirmed that it will not organise a march for Labour Day, as its chairman said workers’ issues can be raised through “celebrations.” The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) announced on Sunday that it would hold a series of events ahead of Labour Day next Wednesday to […]
Hong Kong has a “bright future” after the enactment of a new national security law, Beijing’s top man on the city’s affairs has said, as he hit back at criticism of the law. Xia Baolong, the director of Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office (HKMAO), on Monday hailed the recent legislation of the new […]
By Martina Igini After an electrifying performance at last year’s Clockenflap, multi-instrumentalist FKJ is returning to Hong Kong this May for a more intimate performance – the first of its kind for the Frenchman. In an interview with HKFP ahead of the show, the artist talked about his first steps in the music industry and […]
Hong Kong's crackdown on online scams has seen 1,121 arrests, dismantling a syndicate that has been laundering millions via cryptocurrency.
The head of an organisation that represents Northamptonshire’s police officers has said that they need better protection against assaults. Northamptonshire Police Federation Chair Sam Dobbs said that the his officers should not ‘expect to be punchbags’ and said he had held meetings with force bosses to press the need for increased protection. His comments come weeks after two Northamptonshire police officers were attacked with a knife. A man has since been charged in connection with a knife...
Stephen Lawrence, 18, an aspiring architect, was murdered on his way home in an unprovoked attack by a gang of racists in Eltham, south-east London, in April 1993.