United Nations ‘alarmed’ by Hong Kong June 4 detentions
The United Nations said on Monday it was “alarmed” by detentions in Hong Kong linked to the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, while...
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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed over five years on fraud charge
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Saturday to five years and nine months in prison for...
Giant video screen falls on boyband Mirror dancers at Hong Kong concert
A big video panel fell onto a stage during a concert by Hong Kong boyband Mirror on Thursday, injuring at least two dancers, one of...
Hong Kong residents brace for citywide lockdown as leader calls for calm
Hong Kong residents braced for a city-wide lockdown, emptying supermarkets and pharmacies on Tuesday, even as leader Carrie Lam called for calm and appealed for...
Hong Kong vaccine rates spike as outbreak shatters Covid-free dreams
Vaccination rates are rising sharply among the elderly in Hong Kong, lifting from a relatively low base as an omicron-fuelled spike in new Covid-19 cases...
Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy Stand News outlet, arrest six
Hundreds of Hong Kong national security police raided the office of online pro-democracy media outlet Stand News on Wednesday and arrested six people for suspected...
Two more Tiananmen monuments removed from Hong Kong university campuses
Two more Hong Kong universities removed on Friday public monuments to the 1989 Tiananmen protests in Beijing, following the dismantling of a sculpture commemorating victims...
Fire breaks out at Hong Kong’s World Trade centre
About 150 people were trapped on the roof of Hong Kong’s World Trade Centre on Wednesday after a fire broke out in the building located...
Hong Kong man sentenced to 9 years in prison in first national security case
The first person convicted under Hong Kong’s national security law was sentenced to nine years for terrorist activities and inciting secession, judges said on Friday,...
First person charged under HK security law found guilty of terrorism, inciting secession
The first person charged under Hong Kong’s national security law was found guilty on Tuesday of terrorism and inciting secession in a landmark case with...
