The Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) on Wednesday revealed that it had suspended one of its employees, saying the member of staff was among a group of people recently arrested on suspicion of engaging in terrorist activities. On Tuesday, authori...

The District Court on Wednesday found two students guilty of rioting at Chinese University in 2019, but acquitted two others of the same charge. Judge Clement Lee said video footage showed that Cheung Chun-ho, 20, and Tang Hei-man, 24, were among a...

Chief Secretary John Lee said on Wednesday that people who downplay terrorist acts are "sinners of a thousand years", as he launched an apparent attack on University of Hong Kong law professor Johannes Chan. The scholar has been criticised by the a...

Chief Secretary John Lee said on Wednesday that a vetting body for would-be elections candidates will try its best to screen out people who are only pretending that they uphold the Basic Law and bear allegiance to the SAR. The minister was speaking...

The Bar Association says it is opposed to a proposal by Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng to allow legal officers in her department to attain the title of senior counsel when they are not barristers, saying there is "overwhelming opposition" to the ...

Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog on Wednesday dismissed reports that tech giants like Google could withdraw from Hong Kong if the government proceeds with its plans to implement new data protection legislation. The Asia Internet Coalition, which inclu...

Political commentator Joseph Cheng on Wednesday said he was not surprised about a suspected bomb plot targeting public facilities across Hong Kong, saying there were similar reports during the anti-government protests in 2019. Cheng said there was ...

Security Secretary Chris Tang has suggested that scholars who have defended the public mourning of a man who died following a knife attack on a policeman could face prosecution – for allegedly encouraging people to support terrorism and even pushin...

A lawyer who had been found guilty of attacking an off-duty policeman in 2019 was on Tuesday given a four-and-a-half-month jail sentence. Eastern Magistracy said Samuel Bickett caused the officer multiple injuries by hitting his hand and stepping o...

Health officials say it is highly likely that a US Consulate General staff member, who tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week, is a "re-positive" case. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Centre for Health Protection said the 25-year-old ...

Police on Tuesday said they had arrested nine people, including six schoolchildren, on suspicion of engaging in terrorist activities, with an alleged plot to blow up Hong Kong courts, the cross-harbour tunnels and the railways. Officers said they ha...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday sought to play down concerns that planned anti-doxxing laws could lead to tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google pulling out of Hong Kong, saying anxieties over the legislation will fade in time. An industry g...

Three pro-Beijing heavyweights were on Tuesday appointed as non-official members of a powerful new panel that will decide who gets to sit on the Election Committee, or take part in Legco and chief executive races. Chief Executive Carrie Lam said for...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday said it was immoral for people to mourn a man who stabbed a policeman before killing himself in Causeway Bay last week. Some people posted messages on social media paying tribute to the assailant, and others pl...

International journalism watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has named Chief Executive Carrie Lam a "predator of press freedom". The list, which RSF has been compiling since 2016, names the heads of state or governments which they say crack dow...

The government said on Tuesday that more than three million people have now registered online for the consumption voucher scheme, after the process was fine-tuned to eliminate the glitches that caused delays earlier this week. Over 3.2 million peopl...

The standby signal number 1 was issued at 4.15am on Tuesday, as two tropical cyclones came within 800km of Hong Kong. It said the signal was expected to remain in force "before the evening" on Tuesday, but did not give any indication of what time it...

An industry group backed by Google, Facebook and Twitter on Monday warned the Hong Kong government that tech companies might stop investing and offering their services in the city, if it goes ahead with proposed changes to privacy laws. The governme...

Police on Monday took a man into custody for allegedly inciting others to attack officers, following two similar arrests the day before. The force said the suspect, 34, planned to stage "chopping attacks" targeting officers on specific days in a po...

Police were called on Monday to investigate a bomb threat made against drinks company Vitasoy, sources said. The force said it received a report from an employee at around 11am regarding claims made online that a bomb had been planted at a company ...