A Hong Kong minibus driver has been arrested after allegedly hitting three vehicles within 10 minutes and fleeing the scene, leaving three people injured. A 64-year-old minibus driver was arrested on Sunday afternoon over his suspected involvement in three hit-and-runs in Yuen Long that left three people injured, police said. He was apprehended on suspicion […]
China's embassy hits back against U.S. criticism of Hong Kong's new national security law, urging the U.S. to "respect China's sovereignty."
Demonstrators and governments alike warn of higher risk of detention under the Article 23 legislation.
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people to prison Saturday over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests in 2019. The storming on July 1, 2019 — the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony’s return to
Hong Kong actor Gregory Wong and 11 other people have been jailed for their
Sentences of nearly seven years handed down over 2019 action that was pivotal moment in uprising against Chinese ruleA Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people to jail terms of up to seven years over the storming of the city’s legislature in 2019 at the height of pro-democracy protests that challenged the Beijing-backed government.It was the most violent episode in the initial stage of the huge protests that upended the city that year, with Beijing later imposing a sweeping national security law...
Mary Kwan moved into Tai Hang Sai Estate soon after it was completed in 1965. Almost 60 years later, the 80 year-old is preparing to quit her eighth-floor flat for a transitional housing project in Tai Po. Tai Hang Sai Estate, Hong Kong’s only privately-owned low-rental housing estate, is set to be demolished and redeveloped, […]
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s aide arranged for Hong Kong activists to meet US senator Rick Scott when the politician visited the city during the 2019 protests and unrest, a key prosecution witness has told Lai’s national security trial. Andy Li, one of 12 Hongkongers caught by Chinese coastguard in August 2020, told the […]
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee’s popularity has sunk to a record low since assuming office after running unopposed for the leadership role, a poll has found. According to the findings of a survey conducted by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (PORI) released on Tuesday, Lee’s popularity rating stood at 47.4 per cent. […]
Former Hong Kong chief secretary Anson Chan met protesters and asked them if they had an “endgame” after months-long pro-democracy demonstrations and unrest in 2019, the national security trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai has heard. Prosecution witness Andy Li, an IT programmer turned activist, told the court on Friday that he was invited by […]
A 15-year-old girl has been arrested by police on suspicion of involvement in seven “guess who I am” style phone scams, which swindled HK$1.75 million out of victims, mostly elderly people living alone. Police said on Tuesday that they arrested the girl in Nga Tau Kok after a bank staffer alerted the force that an […]
Hong Kong activists appealed to Canada and the US to restrict arms sales to the city and to impose sanctions on city officials over alleged “human rights abuses” during the 2019 protests and unrest, the national security trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai has heard. Lead prosecutor Anthony Chau on Tuesday drew the court’s attention […]