Man mugged of HK$6,000

A local man has been arrested for defrauding about 100 mainlanders by claiming that he could help them get a local work permit (colloquially known as “blue card”) or a South Korean work visa, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said in a special conference yesterday. Chong said that the 32-year-old suspect surnamed Lok told the police that he’s jobless. According to Chong, three male mainland non-resident workers (NRWs) reported to the police separately in January

A flat in the Van Sion Son Chun residential estate in Fai Chi Kei was on fire last night and a man in his eighties living in the flat had no heartbeat when he was rescued by firemen, the Fire Services Bureau (CB) said, while the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) confirmed in a statement early this morning that the man had died.The fire broke out at around 9 p.m. yesterday in the flat on the 23rd floor of Block B of Van Sion Son Chun in Avenida Marginal do Lam Mau, the Fire Services Bureau said.The