Police have arrested a dozen people and frozen assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, as part of an investigation by the force and the Securities and Futures Commission into alleged stock manipulation. The suspects are accused of running a "r...

The Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) has denied receiving funding from overseas organisations after a report said the government may outlaw the group on national security grounds. There have been claims that the front – which is best known for orga...

A legal representative has told RTHK that four of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged with subversion are expected to be released from custody on Friday, after prosecutors dropped an appeal against the decision to grant them bail. Clarisse Yeung, ...

Pro-Beijing lawmakers on Friday voiced unanimously support for Beijing’s planned changes to Hong Kong's electoral system, saying they are much needed to ensure the territory's “long-term stability and prosperity”. In a statement, Legco presid...

A DAB district councillor said on Friday that it makes sense that she and her colleagues are to be stripped of their role in helping to select the chief executive in future, saying they should focus on livelihood issues instead. Sources say Beijing'...

The Centre for Health Protection on Friday reported 11 new coronavirus cases, eight of them local. Half of the local cases have no clear source. One of them is a university student who lives in Sau Mau Ping. He has not attended any face-to-face cl...

The changes that Beijing is planning to Hong Kong's electoral system have "popular support" the liaison office said on Friday – just a couple of hours after the dramatic overhaul was announced. Few details about what is in store have been reveale...

Hong Kong’s sole deputy to the National People’s Congress Standing Committee has defended Beijing-led electoral reform for the SAR, saying it's completely in line with the Basic Law and the Chinese constitution. Tam Yiu-chung, who's in the capit...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says she fully respects the central government for "taking the lead" in "improving" Hong Kong’s electoral system and the changes must come quickly. She made the remarks in a statement on Friday, shortly after the vice-ch...

The wives of two democracy campaigners charged with subversion said on Friday that they had been denied the right to visit their husbands in prison or provide them with essential items. Lester Shum and Chu Hoi-dick are among 47 members of the pro-d...

The election committee that chooses Hong Kong's chief executive will participate in the nomination of all Legco candidates and pick some members of the council itself, as part of drastic changes to the SAR's electoral system planned by Beijing. The ...

An infectious disease expert on Friday urged the government to release more information about natural deaths in Hong Kong to put people’s minds at ease about the safety of coronavirus vaccines, saying it is “evident” that the recent death of a ...

Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday that China will “resolutely guard against and deter external forces’ interference in the affairs of Hong Kong and Macau”. The state leader made the remarks at the opening of the annual plenary session of the ...

A legal scholar said on Friday that elections in Hong Kong might become “meaningless” if their threshold for participation is set so high that only people preferred by the government can take part. The comment from University of Hong Kong law p...

Senior counsel and government adviser Ronny Tong has defended the right of prosecutors to appeal against a decision to grant bail to defendants, after 15 pro-democracy figures were held despite a national security magistrate's decision to allow bail....

A resolution on reforming Hong Kong’s electoral system has been placed on the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the National People's Congress (NPC) – confirming widespread reports of imminent changes to guarantee that only patriots be allowed in...

A national security magistrate on Thursday granted bail to 15 pro-democracy activists and politicians charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, only to remand them in custody once again after the Department of Justice sought a review of his decis...

The High Court on Thursday revoked bail previously granted to former University of Hong Kong legal scholar Benny Tai, as it reserved judgement on whether he and other activists could lodge an appeal in a case over their roles in the 2014 Occupy prote...

Hong Kong saw only six new local coronavirus infections on Thursday, with just one from an unknown source, but health authorities said it was too early to conclude that the pandemic situation in the territory is easing. The one case which can't be t...

A group of cross-border truckers cried foul on Thursday, complaining that a new rule implemented by Shenzhen authorities has resulted in no work or income for them. Under the policy that took effect in January, drivers would be suspended from work f...