Authorities in Guangxi Autonomous Region are looking into a case in which a pangolin was cooked and served at a banquet. The move comes after a Hong Kong businessman posted some photos from the banque ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-07
A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly trying to kill his two children with rat poison at their home after his wife left them. The incident happened at a village house on Tong Hang Road in Tuen ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-07
A man who fled to the mainland after he was accused of killing his former girlfriend in 2013 has been handed over to Hong Kong police after his arrest in Shenzhen. Oscar Mok Chun-yin, 29, was escorted ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-02
A zoo in Guangzhou is denying it tried to conceal a zebra attack on a worker, saying the incident happened in December, not during the Lunar New Year. Chimelong Safari Park said the worker suffered on ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-02
Fire hit Wong Tai Sin Temple on Thursday but its operations are not expected to be affected. Believers can still make their offerings for the coming new year there at midnight on Friday, the eve of th ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-27
A man has been arrested in Hong Kong after he forced his eight-year-old son to cross a busy road on his knees as a way of punishment for alleged bad behavior. The father, a 40-year-old surnamed Li, wa ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-25
A 62-year-old van driver died and another person suffered minor injuries after an accident on the San Tin Highway in Lok Ma Chau on Sunday. The accident took place as a van rammed into a box truck tha ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-23
Two Mongolian nationals, aged between 34 and 41, were arrested on Sunday after they were caught red-handed during an apparent shoplifting spree in Tsim Sha Tsui. The thieves, a man and his female com ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-17
A 61-year-old Indian man was killed after his scooter collided with a delivery bicyle in Mong Kok. The man, surnamed Singh, died from serious head injuries. He was not wearing a helmet, Sing Tao Daily ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-17
Two domestic helpers from Indonesia have saved their elderly employers in Hong Kong from falling victim to telephone scammers. One case involved a 78-year-old lady who was being cared for by a maid na ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-12
Smog from northern China swept into Hong Kong on Sunday, leading to worsening air quality across the board. Eight of Hong Kong's 18 districts were under "very high" health risk between 6 p.m. and 8 p. ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-09
Dozens of inmates in Stanley Prison went on a hunger strike to protest disciplinary actions against three prisoners. The three male prisoners were disciplined for violations such as washing and ironin ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-06
Hong Kong's police force is coming under fresh scrutiny following multiple cases of law enforcement officers breaking the law themselves. On Tuesday, a court sentenced a 22-year-old police officer to ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-05
A 64-year woman was robbed of HK$610,000 (US$78,660) by four men who followed her to a bank. About HK$540,000 was later recovered by the police when one of the suspects returned to the scene of the cr ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-05
A 50-year-old woman from Yangjiang city in Guangdong province was accused of maltreating her six-year-old stepgranddaughter after she was caught on video running the front wheel of her motorcycle over ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-04
Hong Kong boxer Rex Tso is seeking to parlay his unbeaten record into a major championship after emerging as the No. 1 contender in the World Boxing Organization supeflyweight division. He notched his ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-04
Police released without charges a group of five local and foreign thrill-seekers, aged 21 to 27, after they were caught climbing to the top of Tsing Ma Bridge to perform rooftopping stunts. The incide ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-03
Three Hong Kong women have pleaded guilty to a charge of theft in a court in Taipei after they stole expensive seafood from a famous local restaurant. They were spared jail time and allowed to pay for ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-30