91 students still trapped 2 days after Indonesian school collapses At least 91 students remain trapped in concrete rubble almost two days after an Islamic school building in Sidoarjo, Indonesia, collapsed on them, authorities said after reviewing attendance records and reports from anxious families of those missing. More than 300 rescuers desperately worked to free survivors on Wednesday morning, after the structure fell on top of hundreds of people, mostly teen boys, who had been performing afternoon prayers on Monday in a prayer hall at the century-old Al... image
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 6, with dozens still missing
Five survivors were successfully rescued after a tunnel was dug at the base of the building to their location.
HK$5 million worth of watches and jewellery stolen from luxury Hong Kong flat A luxury flat on The Peak in Hong Kong has been burgled, with losses exceeding HK$5 million (US$642,650), including luxury watches and jewellery, the Post has learned. Police received a report from security staff at the Villa Verde residential estate on Guildford Road after a domestic helper discovered signs of forced entry and ransacking inside the property at 11.15am. A police source said the victim, a 75-year-old expatriate, had left Hong Kong for travel last week, leaving only the domestic... image
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HK$5 million worth of watches and jewellery stolen from luxury Hong Kong flat
Police probe theft at Villa Verde estate on The Peak after domestic helper discovered signs of forced entry and ransacking inside the property.
Hong Kong police foil phone scam, save elderly woman from HK$100,000 loss Hong Kong police have foiled a “guess who I am” phone scam, arresting two mainland Chinese men hired by a fraud syndicate and preventing an elderly woman from losing HK$100,000 (US$12,740). Chief Inspector Ma Suet-yiu of the force’s Western district on Wednesday said the arrests were made after the 78-year-old woman received a phone call from a scammer impersonating her son on Monday. The fraudster claimed he was in police custody for a criminal case and asked for HK$100,000 in bail money. He... image
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Hong Kong police foil phone scam, save elderly woman from HK$100,000 loss
Two men arrested while allegedly trying to collect ‘bail money’ from 76-year-old woman who had been told her son was in police custody.