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Typhoon Noul has forced Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific to cancel numerous flights between Singapore, Hong Kong and mainland China. The storm is expected to make landfall along the Hong Kong-Guangdong coast, with over 20,000 people evacuated from affected areas.
A Hong Kong kindergarten clerk injured when a taxi mounted a pavement during 2019 protests is seeking HK$8.4 million in damages. She claims lasting mobility impairment and psychological trauma, while the driver's defence argues he was also a victim of the violence.
A Hong Kong court has sentenced 26-year-old British woman Isabel Anonia Barbra Eudora Rose to six years imprisonment after finding her guilty of blackmailing a man for £100,000 using fabricated rape allegations.
Hong Kong survivors and advocacy groups say proposed sexual offence law reforms do not go far enough, citing retained legal defences and inadequate protections for long-term abuse victims.
Hong Kong's top security official has urged booksellers to ensure their stock does not endanger national security, following arrests at independent bookstores. The crackdown raises concerns about press freedom.
Police have detained a 19-year-old Sarawakian at Hong Kong airport following discovery of three kilograms of cannabis in his possession. Authorities believe he may have been enlisted by organised trafficking groups.
A 19-year-old from Sarawak has been arrested in Hong Kong on drug smuggling charges. Police suspect he was recruited by a trafficking syndicate to act as a drug courier.
Two Malaysian nationals were detained at Hong Kong International Airport within 72 hours on drug trafficking charges, prompting law enforcement concerns that international criminal networks are intensifying recruitment campaigns targeting Malaysian citizens as couriers.
A 19-year-old Malaysian was detained at Hong Kong International Airport on July 9 after customs officials discovered 3kg of cannabis buds concealed in his checked baggage, marking another case of drug trafficking involving young Southeast Asian nationals.
Hong Kong authorities have charged a 50-year-old woman with murder following a fatal altercation that began over a foot-stepping incident aboard a minibus in Aberdeen on Tuesday evening.
Hong Kong lawmaker William Wong has resigned from the Legislative Council following his arrest on suspicion of drink-driving and hit-and-run, marking the first resignation over scandal in over two decades.
Lam Wing-kee, the Hong Kong bookseller whose 2015 detention by Chinese authorities symbolised Beijing's assault on press freedom, has died in Taiwan at 70 following a cancer relapse.
Hong Kong police have seized 361kg of cocaine from two yachts in Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter within days, marking the territory's largest cocaine trafficking case in a year with a street value of HK$270 million.