HK tourist dies in motorcycle accident in Thailand

A Hong Kong man died on Saturday afternoon after being involved in a road accident in Thailand’s resort island of Ko Samui, SCMP reported. The 22-year-old man, together with a woman also from Hong Kong, was involved in a motorcycle crash with another vehicle in one of the roads on the surroundings of Lamai Viewpoint, where he was pronounced dead shortly after in the hospital. The woman suffered serious head injuries as well injuries to other parts of her body and she is receiving medical treatment at a local hospital. The Hong Kong Immigration Department said in a statement that it has been in touch with the both of the tourists’ relatives and some of them were to fly to Thailand yesterday afternoon to follow up closely on the situation.

Online media company suspects hacking

Online media company, Macau Concealers, suspects that its website has been the target of an online attack by mainland China. The website had suddenly begun to register a whopping wave of requests, as of last Monday. The company and the New Macau Association’s website have both been dealing with a great volume of requests. Out of the 91,543 visitors recorded in the 24 hours between Wednesday and Thursday, 73,917 of them originated from mainland China. The news outlet now requires all traffic from mainland China to access the website through the input of a code that has to be entered manually.

30 detained during ‘Operation Thunderstorm’

Thirty people were detained Saturday night as part of “Operation Thunderstorm.” According to information released by the police, the identity of 1,080 people was verified during raids conducted in karaoke bars, pubs and casinos.