Category: Police
Police arrest two drivers over fatal pile-up on N. Lantau freeway
Police have arrested two people and are seeking witnesses to a fatal chain collision on the North Lantau Highway yesterday morning.
A 55-year-old man surnamed Leung died in the five-car accident after his taxi ploughed into the back of a vehicle that had just collided with another.
The driver was rushed to Yan Chai Hospital with serious head injuries but was certified dead shortly after, police said in a statement.
Three others sustained minor injuries and were treated at North Lantau Hospital.
The pile-up began at 6:05am in the Kowloon direction near Sunny Bay when a Mercedes driven by a 64-year-old woman reduced speed because of congestion ahead but collided with a red taxi driven by a 42-year-old male.
The Mercedes came to halt in an inside lane but was then struck by Leung’s taxi from behind, according to Apple Daily.
The impact sent the Mercedes to an adjacent lane where it was hit again by a green taxi and a light goods truck.
Police arrested the drivers of the taxi and Mercedes that had initially collided and charged them with dangerous driving.
The Mercedes driver was released on bail pending further enquiries, including whether she had activated her hazard warning lights, police said. The male taxi driver is still being detained.
It is the fifth fatal accident on North Lantau Highway since the beginning of 2016.
At its meeting this afternoon, the Islands District Council traffic committee has scheduled a discussion on the recent spate of accidents on the freeway, including three within 41 minutes last month.
Anyone who has information is urged to contact the the special traffic investigation team on 3661 1300 or 3661 1348.
Photo (top): Apple Daily photo of accident scene
Police seize HK$4m in contraband off Tung Chung pier
Police and Customs officers have confiscated HK$3.9 million in electronic goods and seafood following an operation off Tung Chung.
In an early morning operation on Wednesday they intercepted six men carrying boxes from private vehicles to a speedboat at the Tung Chung ferry pier, Oriental News reports.
The smugglers abandoned their goods and cars and jumped into the speedboat. A Marine Police vessel gave chase, but lost conact when the speedboat reached mainland waters.
In a separate operation, a Marine Police patrol intercepted another speedboat loaded with cargo west of the airport. They arrested a 45-year-old man on board.
From the two incidents, officials seized seafood and electronic products worth HK$3.9 million, including bird’s nest, sea cucumber, mobile phones, video game cards, portable memory sticks and digital cameras.
Photo: Wikimedia (Creative Commons)
Rock climber airlifted to hospital after 6m fall near Yi O pool
A 41-year-old man is in hospital with serious head injuries after falling six metres while rock-climbing near Yi O.
The man, surnamed Chan, was rescued by a helicopter and sent to hospital on Saturday afternoon, according to a Ming Pao report.
Chan, an experienced rock and canyon climber, went alone to the foot of the Shui Lo Chu Stream, near the so-called infinity pool. The Hong Kong Mountaineering Association rates it a grade 4 in degree of difficulty.
Chan fell, suffering serious head wounds, and was rescued by a passing Water Supplies Department patrol. They called a Government Flying Service helicopter which airlifted him to hospital.
The Shui Lo Cho pool is a popular but illicit tourist attraction. The watercourse supplies Tai O’s drinking water. Tourists who swim in the pool risk a penalty of a $50,000 fine and up to two years’ jail.
Tung Chung dog poisonings: death toll rises to 11
The toll in the Tung Chung dog poison case is now 11 following the deaths of five more pets.
In the latest incident, an 80-year-old resident of San Tau, where six dogs died in the early hours of Saturday, called police at 8am Sunday morning after two of his dogs fell ill.
A female dog died at the scene and the other was sent to the SPCA. The second dog, a male, died this morning, SPCA told Lantau News.
Three more dogs died at the Tung Chung Animal Clinic on Saturday, all of whom had been near the Hau Wong Temple, about three kilometres east of San Tau.
Local residents have said they found meat balls suspected of being mixed with poison near the temple and had shared photos via social media, Apple Daily reported.
The head of the pet clinic said that at about 11am on Saturday a dog owner brought in two pets he had been walking at the Hau Wong Temple. Both were vomiting and were suspected of being poisoned.
One died shortly after reaching the clinic, while the other stabilised after receiving an injection. However, after the effects of that wore off at around 6 pm it began convulsing again. The owner, not wanting to see it suffer further, agreed to let it be euthanised.
At 4pm another dog was brought to the clinic which had also been walked near the Hau Wong Temple. The owner said she had seen the dog eating something on the side of the road. After she returned home, it began to convulse and died only a few minutes later.
The AFCD is conducting post-mortems on the deceased animals.
Police arrested a San Tau man on Saturday morning on suspected criminal damage after he allegedly slashed his neighbours’ bike tyres following the sudden deaths of six of his dogs. Lantau North police are investigating.
Photo: Hau Wong Temple, Tung Chung
Six dogs dead, tyres slashed in N. Lantau village dispute
Police have arrested a 45-year-old villager who allegedly slashed his neighbours’ bicycle tyres after six of his dogs died from poison.
The villager, surnamed Cheng, was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. He is said to have had a series of arguments with his neighbours in San Tau, a coastal village opposite Chek Lap Kok Island, about 4 kilometres west of Tung Chung.
When Cheng’s wife fed their dogs congee early yesterday morning, one of them immediately began to vomit and convulse, HK01 reported. It died shortly after, followed by five others in quick succession. Two others are missing.
SPCA staff visited the village yesterday morning and confirmed the dog deaths were a result of poison.
Mrs Cheng with her dogs (HK01 screenshot)
Mrs Cheng said her husband was an indigenous villager who had moved back to San Tau about a year ago. But the couple had felt targeted by the villagers.
Just two days ago she had been woken by dogs barking at 4am. She found one of dog injured but had also encountered a neighbour with a torch near their home. “I wondered why he was wandering near our home at that early hour,” she said.
But unnamed villagers told HK01 that Cheng wasn’t popular in the village and had threatened his neighbours with knives and broken their windows. Before he and his wife moved in, the village was peaceful, they said.
Due to the poor relationship between Yin and its neighbors, the police were called to the village almost every week. said: “We are so anxious we have even installed closed-circuit television and new gates,” one said.
Lantau North Police are investigating.
Photo (top): ‘Dangerous dog within’ – San Tau sign
Helicopter rescue on Ngong Ping after 3-hour search
A 65-year-old man was airlifted out of a steep canyon near Po Lin Temple yesterday after a three-hour air and land search.
The man, surnamed Lau, had called police at 11 am saying he was on the edge of a cliff 15 minutes away from Big Buddha and was planning to jump.
Police and fire crews conducted a ground search. After being unable to locate Lau they called in the Government Flying Services helicopter, HK01 reported.
At about 2 pm, rescuers found him at the bottom of a ten-metre cliff near Ngong Ping.
Lau, who reportedly had a degenerative liver disease, was sent to hospital at 4:15pm.
Police said his hands and feet were injured in the incident, but a preliminary investigation found no suspicious circumstances, Oriental News said.
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Photo: Rescuers lift Lau into GFS helicopter (Oriental News)
Two arrested over indecent assault on Tung Chung bus
Two men were arrested following an alleged sexual assault on a bus in Tung Chung last night.
Police say a 35-year-old woman and her 39-year-old friend were indecently assaulted by a man surnamed Choi, 43, in a bus on Kin Tung Rd in Tung Chung North, Oriental Daily reported.
A male friend of the women, a 32-year-old named Hong, is alleged to have then punched Choi in the face, causing an eye injury.
Police went to the scene and arrested Choi and sent him to hospital. They also took Hong into custody over the assault on Choi. Inquiries are continuing.
Triad squad still probing S. Lantau arson attacks
Police are still investigating the mysterious double arson attacks at Pui O and Shui Hau in August.
Seven weeks after almost identical cases of arson in the two South Lantau villages, no arrests have been made.
Unusually for Lantau, the attacks are being investigated by the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau (OTCB). The squad primarily focuses on Kowloon and the New Territories and rarely takes on any cases in Lantau.
But following the incidents in the early hours of August 24, OCTB officers arrived in Pui O and Shui Hau that morning to take control of the case, suggesting they had information that the attacks were triad-linked.
In both cases, a late model Toyota was backed up to the gate of a home and set alight. The two incidents took place in the two villages, nine kilometres apart, in the space of four minutes.
Police said they found no links between the residents or owners of the two properties and nothing that linked any of them to any criminal activity.
Photo: Aftermath of the Shui Hau arson attack (Oriental Daily)
Police arrest woman over District Councillor office fires
Lantau police have arrested a 40-year-old woman over suspected arson of the Tung Chung office of Islands District Councillor Bill Tang Ka-piu.
Tang’s Yat Tung office was twice set alight yesterday afternoon, local media have reported.
In the first incident at around fire brigade was called after receiving a report at around 3:30pm that the office entrance was on fire.
Another attempt to light the door was made at 5:15. Police went to the scene and seized newspapers and a beer can.
The office, which was unattended because of the public holiday. suffered minor damage.
CCTV had shown a person loitering around the doorway at around 3:15 to 3:30 and had set alight a black plastic bag in the doorway.
Police later arrested a Thai national in Tung Chung. A spokesman said she has a history of mental issues and suicide attempts and has been sent to Princess Margaret Hospital psychiatric assessment.
Anyone who has information on the case is urged to contact the Lantau Criminal Investigation Team at 3661-1941 or 3661-1940.
Tang has been a District Councillor since 2008. He was Legco functional constituency member on behalf of the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions from 2012-2016.
Photos: Bill Tang Ka-piu Facebook
Police arrest DB pizza burglar
Police have detained a 35-year-old mainland man allegedly found on the premises of Paisano’s pizza bar in Discovery Bay.
Lantau police say caught the suspect following a series of local burglaries over previous days, including at Bookazine and the Peony Restaurant at the Discovery Bay Residents’ Club.
Plainclothes police had identified the suspect through CCTV and local intelligence.
The mainlander, who was in Hong Kong illegally, appeared in West Kowloon Magistrates Court on September 4 and is now on remand awaiting legal advice.
He is expected to appear in court again in October. The case, if it goes ahead, will be transferred to District Court.
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