Hong Kong protesters marched to major consulates on Wednesday (Jun 26) in a call for G20 nations to confront fellow member China over sliding freedoms in the financial hub, at a weekend summit in Japan. Protesters attach barricades to a gate of the police headquarters in Hong Kong late on June 26, 2019. (Photo: AFP/Anthony WALLACE) The semi-autonomous city has been shaken by huge demonstrations this month, with protesters demanding the withdrawal of a bill that would allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland. The massive rallies are the latest manifestation of growing fears that China is stamping down on the city's unique freedoms and culture. China has said it will not allow discussion of the protests in Hong Kong at the Group of 20 summit in Japan Friday and Saturday -- although US President Donald Trump has said he plans to raise the issue during a meeting with President Xi Jinping. "China will never agree to the G20 discussing the Hong Kong issue. This is completely … [Read more...] about Hong Kong protesters urge G20 to raise plight with China
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Hong Kong arrests Vietnamese woman with $650,000 worth of heroin
The Asia Times reported Tuesday that the 42-year-old unnamed woman was intercepted and apprehended on a street in Tuen Mun District by local anti-drug trafficking squad after they received information from an undercover officer. The substance was pressed into plates and concealed in the bottom of the suitcase, local police said. The woman, who possesses a Hong Kong identity card, told police she was "helping a friend to deliver the suitcase" and was unaware of its contents. A source said the woman was actually lured by money to deliver the suitcase to a middleman, the Asia Times reported, citing Hong Kong-based newspaper Apple Daily. Police are carrying out investigations to see if the woman was paid or manipulated by a drug cartel, and to try and identify the source of the drugs she was carrying. … [Read more...] about Hong Kong arrests Vietnamese woman with $650,000 worth of heroin
Two Vietnamese arrested in Hong Kong on burglary suspicion
By Sen  December 18, 2018 | 10:21 am GMT+7 Stanley town is a tourist attraction on a peninsula on the southeastern part of Hong Kong. Photo by Shutterstock Two Vietnamese nationals were taken into custody in Stanley, Hong Kong, Thursday for suspected burglaries while a third reportedly got away. During a patrol in Southern District, emergency unit officers of the Hong Kong Regional Police Headquarters discovered three men looking suspicious and wandering around in vicinity of Tai Tam Road, the Oriental Daily newspaper reported. The officers apprehended two of the unidentified men, aged 30 and 46, but the third escaped. They found a forged Hong Kong identity card, a temporary stay permit of an unidentified person and a pair of gloves in their backpacks. A preliminary investigation concluded that the 30-year-old man was an illegal immigrant. The two are set to be charged with illegal entry into Hong Kong, possession of fake identification documents and tools for … [Read more...] about Two Vietnamese arrested in Hong Kong on burglary suspicion
Hong Kong leader refuses to explain journalist visa denial
Hong Kong's leader Tuesday refused to say why the city had denied a visa to a leading Financial Times journalist, despite escalating demands for an explanation of the unprecedented challenge to freedom of the press. Victor Mallet, a Financial Times journalist and vice president of the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong, was given seven days to leave Hong Kong. (AFP/Paul Yeung) Victor Mallet, the FT's Asia news editor and a British national, angered authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong by hosting a speech at the city's press club by Andy Chan, the leader of a tiny pro-independence political party, in August. Chan's party was later banned as Beijing cracks down on any pro-independence sentiment in the semi-autonomous city. An application to renew Mallet's work visa was refused and on Sunday he was given seven days to leave Hong Kong. Facing questions for the first time since the visa denial emerged last week, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who is appointed by a … [Read more...] about Hong Kong leader refuses to explain journalist visa denial
Hong Kong braces itself for Super Typhoon Mangkhut, the strongest tropical storm in decades
Star Ferries power through Victoria Harbour as clouds loom over the skyline of Hong Kong on Sep 13, 2018. (Photo: AFP/Anthony Wallace) With winds that may gust up to 240km/h, Mangkhut is expected to be more powerful than the Super Typhoon Wanda that resulted in heavy casualties in 1962 and the Super Typhoon Hato, which triggered the highest level typhoon warning signal last year. The Hong Kong Observatory issued a No 3 typhoon signal on Wednesday as winds gathered strength with the tropical storm Barijat. All the warning signals related to Barijat were cancelled early Thursday, but officials warned of a much greater threat from Mangkhut. According to the observatory, Mangkhut is forecast to move towards the Philippine island of Luzon on Friday and Saturday. Around 10 million people in the Philippines are in the storm's path, and millions more in heavily populated coastal China. Philippine authorities have started to evacuate thousands of people from coastal areas as winds bore down … [Read more...] about Hong Kong braces itself for Super Typhoon Mangkhut, the strongest tropical storm in decades