Songkran, a traditional Thai festival, often involves splashing and squirting. But the continuing crackdowns on all forms of dissent in Hong Kong made things different this year.
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Hong Kong billionaire Lo in talks with potential F1 teams
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Drugs suspect gives Hong Kong police the slip by switching wristbands with bailed man
Escaping police custody by swapping identities seems like a plot straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster, but police in Hong Kong are on the hunt for a suspect who did just that.