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AdvertisementCrime in Hong KongHong KongLaw and CrimeHong Kong college’s finance director arrested over HK$770,000 embezzlementRay Yip has served as Hong Kong Chu Hai College’s finance director since 2024
1-MIN READ1-MIN ListenDanny MokPublished: 10:26pm, 6 May 2026Updated: 11:13pm, 6 May 2026The finance director of Hong Kong Chu Hai College has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling HK$770,000 (US$98,262) after the head of the institution reported the case to the police.
Jane Zhang, president of the Tuen Mun‑based college, contacted police on April 29 after the Bank of China alerted her on April 17 to three unusual transactions from the college to the suspect’s personal account, amounting to about HK$770,000, a police source said.
Zhang decided to report the matter after consulting the college’s board of directors.
AdvertisementThe suspect, Ray Yip Kam‑chun, has served as the college’s finance director since 2024, overseeing its finances.
Police arrested Yip on Thursday and later re..

A techie-doctor couple considers moving to Dubai from the US because of the long wait for Green Card.
As the H-1B visa stamping delays are continuing in India, accounts of how Indians are either stuck in India or can't travel to India, even during family emergencies, are plenty on social media platforms. After an Indian man shared the heartbreaking situation of not being able to visit his mother in India before she died, a techie-doctor couple shared how they are thinking of relocating to Dubai. Their story was shared by immigration analyst Sam Peak who did not reveal their names and took their permission before sharing their situation on social media.The man is a techie working in the US for over a decade and his wife is a top cardiologist at a top-tier hospital on the East Coast. The techie said he has a National Interest Waiver which means his work is so important to the US that he is eligible for a faster Green Card without requiring any employer sponsorship — because he is ..

A Pakistani man pleads guilty in the US for leading an international human smuggling organization.

A Sialkot man pleaded guilty in a US court for leading an internatioinal human smuggling conspiracy that involved fake companies, fake visas and a 'dunki' route through Ecuador, Cuba, Colombia and then the US through the southern border. 49-year-old Abbas Ali Haider was extradited to the US from Mexico in July 2025 to face the charges here. After he pleaded guilty, he will be sentenced on July 30. Haider faces a minimum penalty of three years in prison and a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.$40,000 to bring illegal Pakistanis to USAccording to the court documents, Haider operated two fake film production companies — Diamond TV World Productions and Multimedia Advertising Ltd. Both these fake companies were shown as Pakistan-based but using these companies, he brought Pakistani nationals illegally into the US. These people posed as staff of Haider's film companies tr..

AdvertisementHong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedyHong KongSocietyFire services to be ‘gatekeepers’ for safety, Hong Kong security chief vowsSecretary for Security says responsibility for fire safety ultimately lies with Fire Services Department, amid fallout from Tai Po blaze
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenJess MaPublished: 11:01pm, 5 May 2026Updated: 12:40am, 6 May 2026Hong Kong’s security chief has reaffirmed that fire services will act as the gatekeeper for safety after a legal vacuum was exposed during an inquiry into the city’s deadliest blaze in decades, stressing the department’s existing manpower could cope with expanded oversight duties.
Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung on Tuesday reiterated the pledge earlier made by Fire Services Department Director Andy Yeung Yan-kin during the hearings into the inferno at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po.
The blaze that raged across seven of the eight towers at the housing estate last November was the deadliest in Hong Kong since 1948, killing 168 p..

AdvertisementHong Kong societyHong KongSocietyWill Hong Kong’s claw machine regulations curb gaming habits and gambling risks?As cases of addiction linked to claw machines rise, the South China Morning Post examines the city’s regulatory push and lessons from overseas
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenNatalie WongPublished: 10:04pm, 5 May 2026Updated: 12:43am, 6 May 2026After years of debate over whether claw and pinball machines encourage high-stakes gambling, Hong Kong has finally proposed stricter oversight to curb gaming, particularly among teenagers.
Cases of addiction linked to these machines are rising in the city, but drawing a clear distinction between gaming and gambling remains difficult.
As Hong Kong prepares to amend relevant laws, the South China Morning Post examines how other jurisdictions regulate the trend and asks an expert from an addiction counselling centre whether their approaches could work locally.
1. Why and how Hong Kong is stepping up regulationClaw machine shops have p..

The alleged murder case of two Bangladeshi students in the US took a grisly turn after Nahida Sultana Bristy's body was found and the investigators gave minute details of how they cracked the case of the mysterious disappearance of two students from the campus of the University of South Florida. Bristy's body was found days after her friend Zamil Ahmed Limon's body was recovered. The investigation is going on as the bodies have been sent to Bangladesh for the last rites.Forensic technique revealed hidden blood stainHillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister called it a monstrous crime as Hisham Saleh Abugharbieh, the accused, who was a roommate of Limon, planned the murders, executed them, and then removed all traces.Limon's body was found stuffed inside a trash bag left on the shoulder of the Howard Frankland Bridge. Election Results 2026Vijay’s TVK party emerges as formidable force in Tamil Nadu; all you need to know about its journeyWest Bengal election results:..