POLITICS● ELEVATEDJul 23 · Jul 23, 2026, 6:49 AM
Hong Kong police officers lose appeal over framing homeless man, evidence cover-up
South China Morning Post
Four disgraced Hong Kong police officers have lost their appeal against convictions and jail terms for framing a homeless man for drug possession and destroying evidence of the cover-up six years ago. In a written judgment on Thursday, the Court of Appeal said the officers must have intended to pervert the course of justice when they tried to obstruct surveillance cameras while colleagues fabricated evidence against a street sleeper during an anti-drug operation on February 4, 2020. The three...
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