A Hong Kong intern doctor arrested on suspicion of unauthorised access to patient data has been released after about 21 hours in custody and has reportedly been taken back to her former workplace for evidence collection. A source told the South China Morning Post that the 24-year-old woman, surnamed Lai, was released from Cheung Sha Wan Police Station at around 4pm on Saturday. She was arrested at around 7pm on Friday on suspicion of accessing a computer with dishonest intent. Lai was reportedly...

A Hong Kong district councillor criticised for her links to the former owners’ committee of the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court has resigned from her advisory role for another housing estate in Tai Po, following the announcement of a petition. A notice from the incorporated owners of Plover Cove Garden, seen by the South China Morning Post, announced on Friday that Peggy Wong Pik-kiu had resigned from her honorary adviser role with the housing estate’s incorporated owners’ committee. The...