A man and a woman were arrested on 16 August when they entered the Barrier Gate checkpoint from the mainland for their alleged involvement in two bogus marriage cases.
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Eleven Nepali security guards were detained for questioning by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on Monday for sharing a child porn video on Facebook, and seven of them admitted to committing the crime.
The number of new coronavirus cases in Hong Kong dropped to just nine on Monday – the lowest since the beginning of July.
Hong Kong continues to see a declining trend in coronavirus cases with about 28 cases expected on Friday.
The police recorded 10 child sexual abuse cases in the first half of this year, double the number compared with the same period of last year.
Findings from a survey carried out late last month show that about 66% of respondents felt stressed about the Covid-19 pandemic.
Hong Kong is expecting 38 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, which would extend the city’s run of fewer than 100 daily infections to a 16th straight day.
The fact that a number of new local Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Guangdong last week will not affect next week’s resumption of the issuing of Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) and group tours permits for Guangdong residents to travel to Macao.
Hong Kong records 74 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, nearly half of which were linked to a cluster at a container terminal first identified last week.
