No, I’m not talking about myself, although I am a Californian and I am suffering through the Biblically nasty Beijing Airpocalypse. Rather, I’m talking about actual residents of the U.S. West Coast, which is apparently enjoying all kinds of icky goop that floats across the Pacific Ocean from the PRC and into U.S. airspace. They […]
2013-01-18
Police arrested 31 people in a syndicated insurance fraud case involving traffic accidents, during an operation yesterday.
Police received a report in June about traffic accident 'victims' filing bogus insurance claims.
Following extensive investigations, officers arrested 23 men and eight women, aged 22 to 55, for conspiracy to defraud. They included three taxi drivers, three private car drivers, eight taxi passengers, 13 private car passengers, and four doctors.
Police found someone had driven a private car on the road and rammed into a taxi deliberately. All passengers on board the two vehicles claimed to be injured. They consulted designated medical doctors for examination and treatment, and were granted sick leave certificates for up to 94 days.
They then filed insurance claims for loss of income during the sick leave period, of up to $900,000.
The arrestees are believed to be connected to insurance claims for three other accidents in 2009 and 2010, involving $8.68 million, of which $3 million has been granted.
2013-01-18
Customs officers arrested a 37-year-old male driver and seized 112 cans of milk powder and eight packs of nappies at Lok Ma Chau Control Point today.
Officers inspected an outgoing car at the control point at noon.
They found unmanifested cargo including the said items and 3,176 batteries worth $286,000.
2013-01-18
A 66-year-old motorcyclist died in a Kowloon City traffic accident this morning.
The man was travelling westbound along Prince Edward Road West at about 11.20am, when his motorcycle stopped behind a public light bus at the junction of Pentland Street. The motorcyclist fell down and was sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in an unconscious state.
He died at 12.05pm.
Anyone who saw the accident should call Police on 2773 5200 or 2773 5262.
2013-01-18
Taiwanese display screen manufacturer TPK has sued Nokia in Xiamen, Fujian, for infringement of its patent related to capacitive touch screen technology, and asked for a compensation of CNY26.9 million. According to TPK, the patent will help produce th…