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A consultant doctor at a Hong Kong public hospital was sentenced to community service and ordered to compensate for prescribing excessive medication and misappropriating drugs for personal use. He was found guilty of dishonestly acquiring cough syrup and ADHD drugs.

A Hong Kong school teacher was found guilty of two counts of indecent assault for molesting a 15-year-old student between May and October 2020. He was cleared of seven other counts due to the victim not expressly refusing in those incidents.

The Trump administration requested the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold an executive order restricting vote-by-mail, after lower courts blocked it. The order, opposed by 23 states, requires states to collect voter information and faces legal challenges over federal overreach in election administration.

Xiao Rui, 37, was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison for money laundering and deception related to securing Hong Kong residency and laundering over HK$64 million, including funds tied to a bribe his father allegedly sought. The District Court convicted him on four money laundering counts and one charge of using false instruments between 2013 and 2023.

A Hong Kong fencer was sentenced to 41 months in prison for laundering HK$10.6 million through five bank accounts between August 4 and 27, 2021. The individual admitted to the crime and stated in mitigation that he opened the accounts to 'make a quick buck'.

A Hong Kong doctor, Dr. Tai Kong-shing, issued over 3,700 fraudulent Covid-19 vaccination exemption certificates for personal gain, citing conditions like skin allergies and chest pain. Prosecutors allege he generated the certificates without proper diagnosis, and he is on trial at the District Court.

Hong Kong court awarded HK$251,000 to the family of the late Baby Jane Allas, a domestic helper dismissed by her employer Jamil Bushra in 2019 during her medical leave for advanced cervical cancer. The legal battle concluded with the District Court ordering Bushra to pay damages.

A 70-year-old gang member was sentenced to one year in prison for forcing two Thai women into prostitution in Hong Kong. The women were trafficked via job scams promising massage therapist positions in 2023.

Governor Maura Healey nominated Raquel Webster of National Grid and Thomas Johnson, assistant clerk magistrate in Boston, to the District Court bench. She also plans to elevate Judge Zachary Hillman to the Appeals Court.

A Hong Kong court jailed four men for up to three years and one month for rioting during the 2019 anti-government protests at Polytechnic University in Hung Hom. The sentences are part of authorities' efforts to pursue those involved in the unrest.

Simon Sadler, founder of Segantii Capital Management, testified in a Hong Kong court trial involving Segantii, Sadler, and former trader Daniel La Rocca. They are accused of using confidential information to sell shares in Esprit Holdings Ltd.

A suspended Hong Kong policeman, Leung Lung-kwan, faces up to seven years in prison for allegedly throwing red paint at a residential flat and accessing police internal systems without authorization. Prosecutors have transferred his case to the District Court, where he is charged with criminal damage and eight counts of unauthorized computer access.

A federal judge in a district court in Alabama, Georgia, or Florida was involved in a sexual encounter with a high-ranking police officer in the judge's chambers, as revealed by a disciplinary panel. The panel has withheld the judge's name during the disciplinary process.