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Former Hong Kong lawmaker jailed for 4 months for exposing ICAC investigation into police commander
Former Hong Kong opposition lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting has been jailed for four months for exposing a corruption investigation into a police commander on duty when a mob attacked protesters and commuters at Yuen Long MTR station on July 21, 2019.
Hong Kong appeal court rules against transgender pair who tried to amend status on their identity cards
A court has upheld the constitutionality of a controversial policy that limits gender status changes on Hong Kong identity cards to those who have undergone sex reassignment surgery. The Court of Appeal on Wednesday ruled against Henry Edward Tse and a person identified only as Q after they had applied for a judicial review of the government’s refusal to amend their identity cards but failed at the lower Court of First Instance in 2019.
Hong Kong court orders winding up of Jimmy Lai's Next Digital
A Hong Kong court has ordered the winding up of Next Digital, a media group founded by jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee Ying, following a government petition. Master Jack Wong Kin Tong of the High Court made the order on Wednesday against the parent company of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, with Kenny Tam King Ching and Man King Shing of Kenny Tam & Co staying on as provisional liquidators.
Brother of late Hong Kong singer Anita Mui sues company behind biopic
The eldest brother of late Canto-pop queen Anita Mui Yim-fong has sued the production company behind a lavish biopic currently screening in Hong Kong over alleged trademark violations. Peter Mui Kai-ming on Thursday filed a High Court claim accusing Edko Films of infringing his rights to two registered trademarks, including “Anita Mui”, without his authorisation in the production, promotion and content of the film Anita, causing him to suffer an unspecified amount in financial losses.
Top Hong Kong court upholds traditional right of male villagers to build on land in city’s north
Hong Kong’s top court on Friday declared that male indigenous villagers have a constitutionally protected right to build small houses, ending the debate on the legality of the controversial policy. Applicant Kwok Cheuk-kin had argued that the small-house policy – conferring ding rights only to male indigenous villagers to build three-storey homes in the New Territories – was discriminatory on the basis of sex, birth or social origin.
Hong Kong TV star Mat Yeung Ming jailed for 18 days, banned from driving for 2 years and fined over careless driving case
#celebrities#Hong Kong#Jail term#Accidents - Traffic November 05, 2021published at 3:11 AMBy Jasmine Siu South China Morning Post TVB actor Mat Yeung Ming (left) and his girlfriend Lisa Ch’ng leave Eastern Court on Thursday (Nov 4). Edmond So Hong Kong television star Mat Yeung Ming has been jailed for 18 days, disqualified from driving for two years and fined HK$3,000 (S$521) over a car crash in Mid-Levels last year.
Doctor guilty of manslaughter in Hong Kong’s worst beauty treatment blunder wins appeal to reduce 12-year jail term to 10
The doctor behind a clinic that introduced an experimental cancer therapy which killed a woman in Hong Kong’s worst beauty treatment blunder has won an appeal to reduce his jail term by two years to 10. The Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld the manslaughter convictions of DR Group founder Dr Stephen Chow Heung-wing, 65, and his laboratory technician Chan Kwun-chung, 34, over the “unfortunate” death of Chan Yuen-lam, 46, on October 10, 2012.
National security law: Hong Kong activist set to plead guilty to secession, money-laundering charges
A Hong Kong student activist charged under the national security law has indicated that he will plead guilty to secession and money-laundering charges after a plea bargain with the prosecution. Acting assistant director of public prosecutions Ivan Cheung Cheuk-kan on Tuesday revealed that an agreement had been reached with Tony Chung Hon-lam, 19, on two of the four charges he was currently facing.
Verdict clearing Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai of intimidating reporter ‘perverse’, appealing prosecutors argue
The decision to clear Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying of intimidating a reporter from a rival newspaper four years ago was “perverse”, prosecutors appealing against the verdict told the High Court on Friday.
Hong Kong’s law does not protect exclusive right of male villagers to build homes, say lawyers for ‘king of judicial reviews’ as small-house policy fight nears end
The exclusive right of male indigenous villagers to build three-storey homes in space-starved Hong Kong is not protected by the city’s mini-constitution, lawyers for the “king of judicial reviews” have argued in a landmark case at the top court.
Alleged rape victim was misled about assailant’s sex in online chats, Hong Kong court hears
An unemployed Hong Kong man raped a woman who agreed to an encounter believing she was meeting another lesbian, only to discover his true sex at the moment of intercourse, a High Court jury heard on Monday. In opening their case, prosecutors said 30-year-old Tsang Tsz-ho, who has denied the allegations, met his alleged victim through the social-networking app Butterfly, which markets itself as “Hong Kong’s largest lesbian forum”, in November 2019.
Hong Kong court rejects appeal by ex-girlfriend of Stephen Chow in fight over millions in 'unpaid commissions'
The High Court has thrown out an appeal by a former girlfriend of Hong Kong’s “King of Comedy” Stephen Chow Sing Chi against a ruling denying her claim for millions in unpaid investment “commissions”. Three Court of Appeal judges on Tuesday dismissed Alice Yu Man Fung’s bid just an hour into a hearing that was scheduled to last for two days, with the decision to be explained in a written judgment later.
Domestic helpers jailed for stealing employer's jewelry
Three domestic helpers have been jailed for up to five years for stealing and pawning more than HK$14 million (US$1.8 million) worth of jewellery and valuables from the luxury home of Hong Kong shipping magnate David Liang Chong-hou.
Hong Kong protests: convicted felon who took part in clashes near Polytechnic University in 2019 jailed for rioting for second time in five years
A convicted felon has been jailed for rioting for the second time in five years after being found guilty of taking part in violent clashes around Polytechnic University in 2019. Customer service operator Lin Yun-faat, 31, was convicted on Tuesday of rioting and using a facial covering at an unlawful assembly near the junction of Nathan Road and Waterloo Road in Yau Ma Tei on November 18, after the District Court found he had strengthened the momentum of the rioting crowd by his presence.
Hong Kong man who stabbed lawmaker Junius Ho and told him to ‘go to hell fast’, pleads guilty to wounding but denies attempted murder
An unemployed man admitted on Wednesday to stabbing pro-establishment lawmaker Junius Ho Kwan-yiu, but denied attempting to murder the politician he blamed for a notorious attack on protesters in 2019. Tung Pak-fai, 31, pleaded guilty at the High Court to one count of wounding with intent, and another count of wounding, over the November 6 assault in Tuen Mun, where he told Ho to “go to hell fast” as he stabbed the politician and his bodyguard at an election hustings.
Hong Kong forger Peter Chan bankrupt after failing to pay legal fees owed to late tycoon Nina Wang’s foundation in faked will case
Convicted forger Peter Chan Chun-chuen has been declared bankrupt for failing to pay HK$28.4 million (US$3.6 million) in legal fees owed to the charitable foundation of late tycoon Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum after the civil suit that determined he had faked her will.
Hong Kong man sentenced to life in prison after murdering father for HK$200,000 to pay off loan sharks
A Hong Kong man has been jailed for life for committing what a judge described as “a most abominable and heinous crime” – stabbing his father to death to steal just over HK$200,000 (US$25,700) so he could repay loan sharks. Insurance agent Lai Kan-yau, 29, was found guilty of murder by a jury verdict of 6 to 1 last month in the death of his father, 65-year-old Lai Kam-fook. He was also jailed for two years and three months for theft, a charge for which he had earlier pleaded guilty.
Man in Hong Kong hacks son with knife in dispute over bathroom use
A man pleaded guilty to wounding at the District Court on Thursday after attacking his son with a knife. Photo: Warton Li A Hong Kong man has admitted hacking his son with a knife so badly that the younger man had to be hospitalised for 27 days to treat a skull fracture and multiple cuts suffered in an attack stemming from a dispute over bathroom use.
Hong Kong man admits to hacking son with knife in dispute over bathroom use
A Hong Kong man has admitted hacking his son with a knife so badly that the younger man had to be hospitalised for 27 days to treat a skull fracture and multiple cuts suffered in an attack stemming from a dispute over bathroom use. The District Court heard the vicious attack in a public housing flat at Lei Yue Mun Estate in Yau Tong on October 2 last year was sparked by the son of then 78-year-old Wong Pak-chung ignoring his request to let him use the toilet.
Hong Kong protests: teen who was among 12 fugitives detained in Shenzhen sentenced to time in training centre for flight attempt, petrol bomb
A Hong Kong teenager has been sentenced to serve time in a training centre for hurling a petrol bomb at a police station in hopes of killing officers there during the social unrest of 2019, and for joining 11 others in a thwarted attempt to flee to Taiwan last summer.
Partner of Hong Kong woman who died after liposuction op says nurse told him there was ‘nothing’ wrong, moments before paramedics rushed in
The boyfriend of a Hong Kong woman who died after a liposuction treatment seven years ago has said a nurse told him there was “nothing” wrong moments before paramedics carried his girlfriend out of the operating theatre on a stretcher. Chu Chun-wah testified on Tuesday to accompanying dance instructor Josephine Lee Kar-ying, 32, to receive her second liposuction on June 26, 2014 as she was “happy with the first one” and wanted to lose more weight.
Beauty doctor on trial in HK after leaving liposuction patient to untrained staff
A Hong Kong doctor on trial for manslaughter over a fatal liposuction treatment at a beauty centre seven years ago had heavily sedated the patient and left her in the care of four untrained assistants who monitored her condition by her snoring, a court has heard. “She was put under a combination of drugs,” prosecutor Juliana Chow Hoi-ling said in opening the case to a seven-member jury on Monday.
Court was wrong to allow actor Mat Yeung Ming to reverse guilty plea: Prosecutors
Hong Kong television star Mat Yeung Ming should not have been allowed to reverse his guilty plea for careless driving and illegal window tinting, according to prosecutors, who also want to overturn his acquittal on a separate charge.
Hong Kong TV watchdog wrong to interfere with public broadcaster RTHK’s freedom of expression, lawyer argues at High Court
RTHK has the right to freedom of expression, according to lawyers challenging the communications watchdog’s decision to warn the public broadcaster about its portrayal of the Hong Kong police in a controversial satire last year.
Hong Kong protests: six opposition figures remanded in custody ahead of sentencing for 2019 National Day rally
Six Hong Kong opposition figures have been remanded in custody ahead of their sentencing next week for organising an unauthorised protest on National Day amid the anti-government movement in 2019. District Judge Amanda Woodcock’s ruling on Tuesday came a day after the group pleaded guilty to one count of organising an authorised assembly, alongside four co-defendants – media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying among them – already remanded over separate convictions or alleged offences.
Hong Kong woman jailed for nearly 3 years over HK$3 million surgical mask scam on schoolmate
An airport ground worker has been jailed for nearly three years for stealing more than HK$3 million (US$384,600) from a primary school friend who paid her to buy surgical masks at the start of the coronavirus epidemic in Hong Kong last year. Sit Man-ying, 33, a customer service officer of Hong Kong Airport Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific Airways, was jailed for 33 months after she pleaded guilty on Monday to five counts of theft totalling HK$3,321,726.
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for 10 months over unauthorised Tiananmen Square vigil, 3 others get from 4 to 6 months
Imprisoned Hong Kong opposition activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung on Thursday was sentenced to 10 months’ jail for taking part in an unauthorised vigil last year commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Three district councillors – Lester Shum, 27, Tiffany Yuen Ka-wai, 27, and Jannelle Rosalynne Leung, 26 – were also sentenced for their roles in the June 4 event in Victoria Park, with Shum receiving six months, and Yuen and Leung getting four months each.
Hong Kong couple found guilty of murdering 5-year-old daughter in child abuse case that gripped city
A Hong Kong couple has been found guilty of murdering their five-year-old daughter three years ago in one of the city’s most horrifying cases of child abuse in memory. The girl’s 56-year-old step-grandmother was also convicted of two out of four counts of child cruelty. A High Court jury of three men and four women on Monday returned the verdicts after 10 hours of deliberations, following a month of heartbreaking testimony from family members, teachers and doctors.
HK couple found guilty of murdering 5-year-old daughter in child abuse case
A Hong Kong couple have been found guilty of murdering their five-year-old daughter three years ago in one of the city’s most horrifying cases of child abuse. The girl’s 56-year-old step-grandmother was also convicted of two out of four counts of child cruelty. A High Court jury of three men and four women on Tuesday returned the verdicts after 10 hours of deliberations, following a month of heartbreaking testimony from family members, teachers and doctors.
Hong Kong judge in 5-year-old girl’s murder trial tells jurors not to ‘let emotions affect your decision’
Jurors in the Hong Kong trial over the death of a five-year-old girl and the abuse of her brother were reminded on Thursday not to let feelings cloud their judgment while deliberating the fate of the children’s family members. “You should not let your emotions affect your decision,” Mr Justice Albert Wong Sung-hau told the panel of three men and four women.
Hong Kong woman was ‘loving and caring’ step-grandmother, court hears in neglect case linked to death of girl, five
A Hong Kong woman on trial for neglecting her step-grandchildren was a “loving and caring” grandparent who did not know the full extent of the abuse that was happening in her flat until one of them died, a court heard on Thursday. Defence counsel Chase Pun also argued that the 56-year-old accounting clerk had never used a rattan stick to hit the five-year-old girl, as well as her brother, eight, as alleged by the prosecution. Pun questioned if the two children were truly in her care at the time.
Stepmother accused of murdering girl, 5, felt ‘so much hate’ because of childcare stress but was mentally sound, Hong Kong court hears
HONG KONG, March 21 (SCMP): A Hong Kong woman on trial for murdering her five-year-old stepdaughter was mentally sound despite feeling so stressed by childcare she “hated” the girl, a court heard on last week “She didn’t look depressed to me,” psychiatrist Dr Amy Liu testified in the High Court, referring to her interview with the mother a week after the defendant’s arrest in January 2018. “She was not tearful. She was actually quite polite and very calm.
HK stepmother accused of murdering 5-year-old girl, blames childcare stress
A Hong Kong woman on trial for murdering her five-year-old stepdaughter was mentally sound despite feeling so stressed by childcare she “hated” the girl, a court heard on Thursday. “She didn’t look depressed to me,” psychiatrist Dr Amy Liu testified in the High Court, referring to her interview with the mother a week after the defendant’s arrest in January 2018. “She was not tearful. She was actually quite polite and very calm.
HK teacher breaks down in court while testifying in 5-year-old girl’s murder trial
A nursery teacher testified on Tuesday to changes in the behaviour of a young pupil whose parents stand accused of murder. Warton Li via South China Morning Post A Hong Kong nursery school teacher broke down in court on Tuesday as she recalled her final days with a five-year-old pupil who was allegedly murdered by her parents.
Coronavirus: Hong Kong trio jailed over bizarre toilet roll theft committed as Covid-19 panic buying swept city
Three men have each been jailed for more than three years for stealing 600 toilet rolls in a bizarre armed robbery during the initial coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong last year. The District Court heard the robbery took place at about 6am on February 17, when a delivery man was unloading goods outside a Wellcome supermarket in Mong Kok. Police recovered all 600 rolls of Virjoy toilet paper, worth HK$1,695 (US$217), the same day.
Boy tells HK court 5-yr-old sister was thrown at ceiling 18 times by dad before her death
A Hong Kong court heard on Monday that a couple accused of murdering their five-year-old daughter had engaged in a pattern of abuse. Photo: Warton Li A Hong Kong court on Monday heard a young boy recount years of abuse at the hands of his family, culminating with his father – who stands accused of murder – throwing his five-year-old sister at the ceiling 18 times as punishment for her “walking slowly” on the night before she died.
Hong Kong couple deny murdering daughter, 5, who died after months of ‘torture in hell’
A Hong Kong couple have denied murdering their five-year-old daughter who prosecutors said died of septicaemia after her immunity was weakened by 150 days of neglect, horrifying “games” and torture “in hell”. The High Court on Wednesday heard the child was found with more than 130 injuries over her body, after she was rushed unconscious – in a diaper – to hospital and certified dead on January 6, 2018.
National security law: What you need to know about decision to hold trial without jury
News emerged earlier this week that the first person charged under Hong Kong’s national security law will be tried without the presence of a jury. Tong Ying-kit, who stands accused of riding a motorbike into police during a July 1 demonstration last year, is considering challenging the Department of Justice’s request to have him tried by three High Court justices designated by the chief executive instead, a legal source previously told the Post.
Hong Kong protests: Student, 16, youngest to plead guilty to rioting during 2019 stand-off
A 16-year-old student has become the youngest person to plead guilty to rioting during Hong Kong’s anti-government protests in 2019. The boy on Wednesday admitted to hurling a petrol bomb at an officer, without injuring him, during a midnight stand-off between protesters and riot police in the shopping district of Mong Kok on November 16, 2019.
Hong Kong court finds comedy legend Stephen Chow does not owe ex millions in investment commissions
The High Court has sided with Hong Kong “king of comedy” Stephen Chow Sing-chi in his eight-year legal feud with an ex-girlfriend who sued him for HK$70 million (US$9 million) in investment “commissions”. Alice Yu Man-fung took the Shaolin Soccer star to court two years after their break-up in 2010, claiming they had made an oral agreement some time around Christmas 2002 for Chow to pay her a 10 per cent share of net profits on all successful investments she recommended.
Hong Kong television actor Mat Yeung Ming convicted of careless driving for crashing Mercedes-Benz in Mid-Levels
December 15, 2020published at 3:03 AMBy Jasmine Siu South China Morning Post Hong Kong television star Mat Yeung Ming has pleaded guilty to careless driving for crashing his black Mercedes-Benz into a road sign. The 39-year-old TVB actor, whose real name is Lam Ming-lok, also admitted on Friday (Dec 11) having an illegal tint on his car windows, but denied failing to provide a blood sample for an alcohol test without a reasonable excuse at Queen Mary Hospital.
HK woman mounts legal challenge to inaction vs suspects in alleged animal torture case
A woman who had adopted one of 30 animals believed to have been dropped from a Hong Kong building on Valentine’s Day has mounted a legal challenge over authorities’ controversial decision not to prosecute the two men who had turned themselves in over the incident.
Hong Kong woman accuses husband of suffocating three-month-old daughter to death with pillows, quilt
A Hong Kong woman has accused her husband of suffocating their three-month-old daughter to death with two pillows and a quilt when she had left home following a row two years ago. But the father, Cheung Ying-fai, 42, now on trial for murder, told a court it was the mother, Lo Yan-tung, 22, who had abandoned their baby girl Cheung Ka-man and caused her death. His defence counsel revealed that child neglect charges against Lo were withdrawn on the condition that she testify against her husband.
Hong Kong professor Cheung Kie-chung found guilty of murdering his wife in 2018
University of Hong Kong professor Cheung Kie-chung has been found guilty of murdering his wife two years ago. A High Court jury of four men and three women on Thursday returned the verdict by a majority vote of 5-2 after less than eight hours of deliberations, following 11 days of gripping testimonies. Cheung did not visibly react to the news, but watched jurors as they filed out of the court.
From popular kid and nice-guy maths whizz to wife killer: the downfall of Hong Kong professor Cheung Kie-chung
Cheung Kie-chung was a popular math whizz known for being nice, and in his school days, would help classmates with homework, let others copy his answers, and tip off friends about test topics. Yet, he probably never calculated that he would one day end up behind bars – at Hong Kong’s maximum-security Stanley Prison following his arrest for a shocking crime two years ago. On Thursday night, the University of Hong Kong professor was found guilty of murdering his wife.
Comedian Stephen Chow says he wasn't legally bound to pay ex-lover
King of Comedy Stephen Chow Sing-chi was all serious when he took centre stage in a Hong Kong court on Wednesday to defend against a HK$70 million (S$12.1 million) claim in investment commissions demanded by an ex-girlfriend.
Hong Kong comedian Stephen Chow, accused of denying investment commission to ex-lover, says monetary gift was meant only as ‘expression of love’
“King of Comedy” Stephen Chow Sing-chi was all serious when he took centre stage in a Hong Kong court on Wednesday to defend against a HK$70 million (US$9 million) claim in investment commissions demanded by an ex-girlfriend.
Hong Kong professor faced wife’s alleged ‘verbal violence’ for two years, affecting his emotional control, murder trial told
A University of Hong Kong professor on trial for murder was a depressive victim of his wife’s chronic psychological abuse but had never thought of killing her, a court heard on Monday. Clinical psychologist Dr Sammy Cheng Kin-wing concluded that Cheung Kie-chung, 56, had “serious issues in emotional control” and was particularly vulnerable to losing it, especially when he had too much work to do and after he fell seriously ill with a blood infection in April 2018.
Hong Kong professor’s son testifies arguments between his parents were common before his mother’s killing, though his father was ‘never’ violent
A University of Hong Kong professor on trial for murder had often argued with his wife before he killed her two years ago, their son testified in court on Wednesday. But Scot Cheung, 28, also observed that it was his mother, Tina Chan Wai-man, 53, who usually initiated the arguments, even criticising his father Cheung Kie-chung, 56, in public and in the company of others, such as during meals with relatives. “My father seldom scolded her back,” Scot told a High Court jury.
Hong Kong professor denies arguing with wife over HK$4 million cheque on night he killed her
South China Morning Post Retired Canadian police officer refuses to testify at Meng Wanzhou’s extradition hearing A retired Canadian police officer is refusing to testify at Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou’s extradition hearing in Vancouver, amid claims by Meng’s lawyers that Canadian authorities were involved in a covert evidence-gathering exercise against her at the behest of American law enforcement.Ben Chang, a former Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) staff sergeant, has...
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