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South China Morning Post
20-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Patient arrested for indecently assaulting nurse in Hong Kong hospital ward
A patient has been arrested for allegedly indecently assaulting a female nurse at North District Hospital in Hong Kong. Advertisement The nurse, 23, was suspected to have been indecently assaulted in a medical ward at about 4.10pm on Tuesday, the Hospital Authority said. The 59-year-old male patient was receiving treatment at the Sheung Shui hospital. A report about the incident was made at around 7pm, a police spokesman said Officers conducted an initial investigation, believing the suspect and complainant were not acquainted. The man was detained for investigation. Advertisement The case has been handed over to the Tai Po district investigation team.
South China Morning Post
17-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong officials launch probe after worker falls to his death at luxury villa
Hong Kong authorities have ordered the suspension of renovation work at a luxury villa and launched an investigation after a labourer fell to his death from a canopy into a swimming pool. Advertisement Police said on Saturday that the 67-year-old had been working on the canopy in an upmarket residential compound in Sheung Shui the day before. He reportedly tripped and fell three metres (9.8 feet) into the pool. The worker was unconscious when rushed to North District Hospital in Sheung Shui, where he was later certified dead. The Labour Department said it was 'highly concerned' about the case at the St Andrews Place estate. 'We commenced an immediate on-site investigation … and have issued suspension notices to the contractors concerned, suspending the work on the canopy of the detached house concerned,' a department spokesman said. Advertisement 'The contractors cannot resume the work process until the [department] is satisfied that suitable measures to abate the relevant risks have been taken.'
