Category: Police
Police called after campaign worker alleges assault in Tong Fuk
Police were called to Tong Fuk this evening after a canvasser for candidate Fung Siu Yin alleged she was assaulted by an unknown man.
The woman, a Mui Wo resident who declined to give her name, said she was handing out leaflets for Sunday’s district council poll when a man tried to take her campaign sign.
When she resisted, she said he struck her in the stomach and ran off. She said the contact was not forceful and she did not require medical attention.
The woman’s screams attracted a crowd, and she said she was “shocked” to find herself suddenly surrounded by about 12 people. Some of them abused her and threatened to attack her.
Another campaign volunteer called the police, who attended the scene at around 9:45 and spoke to the campaign workers and villagers. No arrests were made.
There is no suggestion that the incident was premeditated or involved any other political groups.
Police seize $600,000 in ivory, cough syrup near Sha Lo Wan
Police and customs officers seized a small boat and smuggled goods worth HK$600,000 in an operation off Sha Lo Wan yesterday.
In a joint operation they spotted a speedboat approaching Tung Chung River, Metro Radio reports.
Onshore five men were unloading goods from a private car for the speedboat.
As the boat departed, Marine Police gave chase,. forcing the occupant to abandon the craft in Sha Lo Wan and flee on foot.
Officers found 32 boxes aboard the boat containing ivory products, cough syrup and other products.
No arrests were made.
Brazen thieves waltzed past CCTV to burgle Cheung Sha home last night
This thief got away with HK$2,000 in cash in a brazen robbery at Cheung Sha last night.
He was one of a pair that raided a home at Golden Coast just after midnight while tenant Craig Watson slept.
One burglar kept lookout while the other entered by a door on his first-floor balcony and spent 20 minutes in the apartment, Watson said.
The thief made a “meticulous search of all drawers and bags,” overlooking iPads and laptops in favour of the cash, Watson said.
He says CCTV footage shows they entered from the vacant scrubland between Golden Coast and Whitesands. He said in an email to Lantau News:
judging by their speed and access used they clearly knew where they were going so had to have scoped the area out in advance. The houses adjacent to the rear wall in Golden Coast are common targets – four burglaries in two years from what I know.
… The concerning issue for me is that they knew I was inside and were similarly not worried about the CCTVs which are very obvious in and outside my home. We are reviewing our home & complex security with an expert today
Source: CCTV
The burglars also evaded the guard on the gate, who failed to see the real-time CCTV vision of them climbing over the roof into the apartment.
Watson was the only one in the house last night – his wife and daughter were away.
He said the property had been burgled two years ago, when the window was prised open and small valuables were taken.
Watson said the burglar’s face was “well-covered with a hood and surgical mask but he is otherwise quite distinguishable. Based on this and a lot of other footage he is an Asian male, 25-35yrs, approx 170cm tall & noticeably skinny.”
Another burglary took place at Luk Tei Tong, where the owner was away, about ten days ago,”probably linked” to last night’s break-in, police say.
Anyone who has information on either of these burglaries, or sees anything suspicious, please call Lantau South Division Crime Hotline on 6148 0728.
Dump body on Lantau, body-in-cement witness suggested
Lantau has entered Hong Kong’s body-in-cement court case, with the court hearing that a witness had suggested using Lantau as a place to dump a body.
Ho Ling-yu, the housemate of three men accused of murdering Cheung Man-li and encasing his body in cement, told the High Court that she had seen the defendants googling for places to hide the body, scmp.com reported.
Ho said several months before murder at their Tsuen Wan apartment in March 2016, the trio had held meetings to discuss the killing.
Ho said she saw two of them, Tsang Cheung-yan and Cheung Sin-hang, searching online on the morning of March 4, the day Cheung was allegedly killed.
When they told her they were looking for where to dispose of a body she thought they were joking.
So when Tsang asked her that day where the men should dump Cheung’s body, Ho replied casually: “Lantau”.
She continued: “I just said it because the following day I intended to go to Lantau with my boyfriend.”
The three accused, Tsang, Cheung and Keith Lau, have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to murder Cheung Man-li, but they guilty to preventing the lawful burial of the deceased.
The case is continuing.
Photo: Ho Ling-yu (scmp.com screencap)
Ching Ming fires break out across Lantau
The onset of the annual Ching Ming Festival has brought a brace of hillfires across Hong Kong, including three so far in Lantau.
With the fire danger level at its highest – red – yesterday, 25 fires broke out across the city, according to Sing Tao.
A blaze destroyed the side of a hill near Pak Mong in North Lantau at 2pm, while another fire broke out near Tai O’s Fu Shan, estimated at more than 100 square metres.
Fire services officets extinguished both fires. There were no injuries.
Wang Tong hillside Sunday afternoon (Credit: Karen Brown)
Another blaze broke out at Wang Tong, Mui Wo, early this afternoon. The fire department is attending the scene.
Today’s fire danger is set at yellow, indicating high risk.
The fires are a hazard of Ching Ming, when Chinese families visit their ancestors’ graves and light incense to remember them. The holiday falls on April 5 this year.
Photo (top): Pak Mong fire yesterday (Credit: Steve Knipp)
Police probe Tung Chung links to HK and Kowloon burglaries
Police are looking for links between the Tung Chung burglaries over the weekend and the recent spate of break-ins on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon
Lantau police say they are confident the robberies at two Tung Chung estates, Visionary and La Mer, were carried out by the same team.
They say the thieves climbed up the perimeter walls and along the terraces or balconies to enter through unlocked doors or windows.
The burglars escaped with a HK$1.47 million haul of watches and jewellery from a Visionary apartment last Monday or Tuesday.
At La Mer, a part of the Caribbean Coast complex, burglars climbed on to the roof in order to break in and steal watches and jewellery estimated to be worth HK$450,000.
They also broke into an another apartment through the balcony but did not steal anything.
Lantau District Crime Squad, who are investigating the case, are probing possible connections to robberies at upscale apartments in Causeway Bay, Happy Valley, Kowloon Tong and Kowloon City.
Including Tung Chung, 13 flats were burgled across the city in two weeks.
[Updated] MTR, which manages the La Mer and Caribbean Coast properties, said in an email to Lantau News that a review of security measures was underway following the break-ins.
Three arrested on driving, drugs charges after Yat Tung accident
Police arrested three people after a van reversed into a flower garden near the Yat Tung Shopping Centre early Sunday morning.
Officers investigating found about 1.7 grams of suspected cocaine, worth about HK$2,100, in the vehicle.
The 29-year-old driver failed to pass a breathalyser test and was arrested for drink driving and careless driving, RTHK reported.
The two passengers, aged 31 and 21, were arrested for trafficking in dangerous drugs.
Police warn on fake banknotes found in Tung Chung
Police have issued a warning following the discovery of three fake HK$100 notes issued by a Tung Chung convenience store.
A woman named Koo complained to police that she had received the notes in change after topping up her Octopus card at the MTR station OK store on Friday .
A spokesperson for the OK group said company was concerned over the incident and was cooperating with police, Apple Daily reported.
In the past year, authorities have seized 1888 counterfeit banknotes, according to HK ET.
In January 273 counterfeit notes were reported, of which two-thirds were HK$100, an d the rest HK$500 and HK$1000 notes.
Police called on members of the public to pay close attention to the banknotes they receive.
A spokesperson said the HKMA website shows the security features of Hong Kong currency, including the color patterns and the presence of a metal line and a watermark.
Caribbean Coast thieves enter from roof in $430,000 break-in
Thieves have broken into two Caribbean Coast apartments this weekend, with one resident losing valuables worth HK$430,000.
A 48-year-old man told police he had lost jewellery and watches in the break-in, which occurred at 10pm Friday in La Mer, the low-rise block in Caribbean Coast.
Police said the thieves appeared to have gained entry from the rooftop, Sing Tao reported.
In another break-in at the same complex yesterday, police said burglars had entered the apartment via the balcony.
However, the resident, a 64-year-old woman, said no items had been stolen.
The break-ins come just three days after a Visionary resident lost HK$1.47 million in valuables – one of a spate of luxury apartment robberies across Hong Kong.
These latest burglaries do not appear to be linked. Lantau District detectives are investigating.
Thieves nab $1.5m haul from Visionary as city-wide spree continues
A Visionary resident has lost jewellery and watches worth an estimated HK$1.47 million in the latest in a spate of burglaries across the city.
A 57-year-old man told police he had found his window forced open and the apartment ransacked when he returned to his home in the upscale apartment complex at about 10am yesterday, Headline News reported. The thieves had taken the valuables from a safe.
It was the tenth burglary in Hong Kong in three days. A home in Causeway Bay was also burgled on Tuesday night, and other break-ins have taken place in Happy Valley, Kowloon Tong and Kowloon City, scmp.com reports.
The spree targeting luxury homes is almost certainly the work of a well-organised gang.
Police so far have been cautious in public comments, saying only that they are investigating to see if a syndicate is involved.
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