カテゴリー: Hong Kong
Arrests believed to be first time police have detained citizens for possessing literature deemed seditious by authoritiesHong Kong’s national security police have arrested two men for possessing children’s books deemed seditious by the authorities, in …
Prosecutors said Chow Hang-Tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong were under foreign influence but refused to say who it wasA Hong Kong court has jailed three former members of a group that organised annual vigils to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square cra…
Three Hong Kong Alliance members, including prominent pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung, face up to six months in jailThree former members of a Hong Kong group that organised annual vigils to mark China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown have been found …
No casualties have been reported since flames engulfed construction site in heart of busy Tsim Sha Tsui late on ThursdayHong Kong firefighters have been battling a blaze that engulfed a construction site in the city’s shopping district.Officials said t…
Remains taken for forensic testing to determine if they belong to influencer Abby ChoiThe ex-husband and two former in-laws of a woman in Hong Kong have been charged with her murder, after police revealed they had found more body parts during a weekend…
Tech dealmaker reported to be unreachable 10 days ago in latest case of a top executive going missing during Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption driveThe Chinese billionaire tech banker Bao Fan, who was reported missing 10 days ago, is cooperating with Chines…
Parents and brother of Abby Choi’s ex-husband arrested after police make grisly discovery at rented village homeHong Kong police have made three arrests over the murder and dismemberment of a 28-year-old model after what authorities allege was a financ…
People queue through an active lumber yard outside Vancouver’s Northern Cafe thanks to it being named Yelp’s top place to eatThe checkerboard floors of Vancouver’s Northern Cafe are warped, the only views are of nearby industrial warehouses, and diners…
Disappearance of China Renaissance chair raises fears of fresh crackdown on China’s finance industryA billionaire Chinese dealmaker has gone missing, plunging one of the country’s top investment banks into turmoil.Bao Fan, the founder and executive dir…
Experts say Chinese authorities want to send the message that critical voices deemed a threat to the regime will be erasedWhen Hong Kong police arrested dozens of pro-democracy politicians, lawyers, scholars, journalists, NGO workers and activists in e…
Episode removed from Disney+ is the second of the cartoon to be made unavailable in Hong KongAn episode of the Simpsons that references “forced labour camps” in China has been removed from Disney+ streaming services in Hong Kong.The episode is the seco…
Protests as former politicians, activists, campaigners and community workers appear in court accused of ‘conspiracy to commit subversion’Hong Kong’s largest national security trial began on Monday, involving 47 of the city’s most high-profile democracy…
Group of legislators, activists and community workers are accused of holding unofficial pre-election primaries that authorities say constitutes subversionOne of the most significant national security trials in the Chinese government’s crackdown on Hong…
Exclusive: Letter to home secretary says bill echoes ‘dangerously broad laws’ that result in jailing of protestersHongkongers in Britain have called on Suella Braverman to reconsider controversial measures in her public order bill, which they likened t…
Six people accused of publishing book relating to 2019 protests in move critics say has spread terrorPolice in Hong Kong have raided a lunar new year shopping fair and arrested six people for selling a “seditious” book related to the 2019 anti-governme…