Youth arrests in Hong Kong rise 20%, driven by assault and criminal-damage cases

The number of young people arrested in Hong Kong in the first half of the year jumped by around 20 per cent, driven by cases of serious assault and criminal damage linked to debt collection activities. Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming said on Wednesday that the force had arrested 1,580 young people aged between 10 and 20 from January to June, an increase of about 20 per cent year-on-year. Among them, 283 were arrested on suspicion of serious assault, representing a 47 per cent...