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Chinese sea captain pleads not guilty in Hong Kong court to damaging Baltic Sea cables
A Chinese sea captain of a Hong Kong-flagged vessel accused of damaging undersea cables and a gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea in 2023 pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a Hong Kong court. Wan Wenguo, captain of the Newnew Polar Bear container ship,
China’s Wuxi Lead stages muted Hong Kong debut after $627 million offering
By Donny Kwok and Yantoultra Ngui HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment had a flat trading debut in Hong Kong on Wednesday after the Chinese industrial automation equipment maker raised HK$4.
The father of a US-based Hong Kong activist is convicted under national security law
A Hong Kong court has convicted the father of a U.S.-based activist for attempting to deal with his daughter's financial assets in the city.
Father of U.S.-based Hong Kong activist convicted under national security law
The father of a U.S.-based activist wanted by Hong Kong authorities was convicted of attempting to deal with an absconder's financial assets on Wednesday, in the first court case of its kind brought under a homegrown national security law.
Elderly man who spiked soft drinks with urine handed 1-year probation order
An elderly man who spiked bottled soft drinks in supermarkets with his own urine has been sentenced to a 12-month probation order after a psychiatric report indicated his lack of emotional and stress regulation capabilities.
Hong Kong activist’s father convicted under national security over insurance policy
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG, Feb 11 (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court found the father of a wanted activist guilty of a national security violation on Wednesday after he tried to end her insurance policy and ...
Father of U.S.-based Hong Kong activist is convicted under national security law
Kwok Yin-sang, 69, was arrested in the Chinese territory last year and accused of trying to handle financial assets for his daughter Anna, who has a police bounty on her head.
Father of US-based Hong Kong activist convicted under national security law
A Hong Kong court has convicted the father of a U.S.-based activist for attempting to deal with his daughter's financial assets.
Plight of imprisoned Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai evokes grief over loss of press freedoms
Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, shut down nearly five years ago after a Beijing-imposed national security law took effect in 2020 ...
Hong Kong fire victims long for home as Lunar New Year stirs painful memories
A massive fire in Hong Kong last November killed 168 people, devastating a tight-knit community. Residents displaced by the blaze remain uncertain whether they can visit their burnt apartments or when ...
Hong Kong fire survivors at Wang Fuk Court await resettlement plans
The deadliest fire in Hong Kong in decades last year (2025) left thousands of residents without some of their friends, family or the place they called home.
Rubio blasts China over ‘unjust and tragic’ 20-year sentence for Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai
U.S. Secretary Marco Rubio calls Jimmy Lai's 20-year sentence "unjust" as Hong Kong convicts the 78-year-old democracy activist under national security law.
Media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in Hong Kong
Lai was convicted in December on charges related to national security.