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Brian Wong
Senior Reporter, Hong Kong
Lofter Group founder Carol Chow, who reportedly died by suicide on Tuesday, was already facing bankruptcy petition over unspecified debts.
Coroner rules death caused by brain swelling after procedure at Queen Mary Hospital in 2024, with rapid deterioration limiting treatment options.
Liu Hongbin, 63, abused authority to help student secure admission into master’s programme in environmental health and safety.
Wong Pak-ting, 45, tried to kill wife, three daughters and himself out of fear they would be harrassed for his business debts, Hong Kong court hears.
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Saleswoman, sailor given 80 hours of community work for public indecency after being caught on video committing sexual acts at Cheung Chau pier.
Court imposes three-year, HK$2,000 bind-over on joint charge of child neglect after they took their kids, aged 5 and 9, to see waves during storm.
Faizal Solomona pleads guilty to damaging door bolt at Central police station, but denies groping woman at Wyndham Street bar last year.
Former head of Housing Bureau’s Independent Checking Unit acknowledges that old supervision mechanism had created ‘blind spot’.
Te Chi-wang, deputy director of the Home Affairs Department, and ex-ICU head Lau Fu-kwok take stand at hearing into Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades.
Senior maintenance surveyor thought wooden boards used to cover temporary openings at Wang Fuk Court designed to protect ‘broken’ windows.
Nick Yung, senior maintenance surveyor of the ICU, takes the stand after his colleague Andy Ku testified a day earlier.
Senior surveyor becomes first member of Housing Bureau’s Independent Checking Unit to testify at hearing into city’s deadliest fire in decades.
Committee’s lead counsel presses Independent Checking Unit officer on its responsibilities and whether it had properly overseen key safety issues.
Prosecutors allege Simon Sadler and Daniel La Rocca used confidential information about planned block trade to sell more than 1.7 million Esprit shares.
Lawsuit alleges school ignored gender identity and subjected student to ‘public humiliation and rebukes’, causing distress and embarrassment.
Li able to speak naturally as he gives brief answers to judge’s questions during 10-minute testimony delivered via video in damages case.
Urban Renewal Authority officials tell hearing that body lacks resources to combat bid-rigging linked to estates’ renovation projects.
URA director says independent consultants it hires cannot intervene if contractors collude to recommend unnecessary renovation works.
Society’s council intervenes in the practice of Raymond Lam & Associates, which will cease operations with immediate effect.
Magistrate reduces Wong Wah-kwong’s sentence by a third after 63-year-old pleads guilty to inciting others to avoid voting in last year’s election.
Court says deterrent sentence needed to reflect society’s abhorrence of crimes committed against the girl from age 11 to 18.
Wong Pui-shan approved withdrawals from company accounts after being contacted by man claiming she was subject of Beijing national security office probe.
Government surveyors were following outdated guidelines that didn’t require them to examine renovation works in person at Wang Fuk Court, committee hears.
Buildings Department can act against contractors over ‘inappropriate’ use of materials but Wang Fuk Court not under its purview, witness says.
But Director of Fire Services Andy Yeung insists authorities have clear divisions of work for supervision of renovation projects.
Andy Yeung tells committee that Fire Services Department will amend laws, tighten oversight of fire services installation contractors.
System, which triggers high-pitched alarm on mobile phones, would have offered little help as it takes up to one hour to activate, officer says.
Judge David Lok urges distinction between firefighting and fire prevention, says officers at the scene had to make many difficult decisions.
Testimony by fire services officials shows departments split over handling complaints on Wang Fuk Court renovations.
