■AUSTRALIA
Serial drunk drivers charged
A couple were caught drunk driving three times in just three hours yesterday — each time a little further along the same street, police said. Victorian police said they first encountered a 37-year-old man driving along Montague Street in Melbourne shortly after midnight. He was breath-tested and found to be over the legal alcohol limit for driving. “Police observed the female passenger in the car was also alcohol affected and warned her not to drive,” police said in a statement. Just over an hour later, the pair were pulled over again in Montague Street and this time the 27-year-old woman was driving. She was breath-tested and also found to have too much alcohol in her system. “The pair were nabbed a third time on Montague Street about 3:05am when the man was breath-tested and refused to accompany police back to the station,” police said. The pair had not been arrested, but face drunk-driving charges, police said.
■HONG KONG
Gang leader finds God
A notorious triad gang leader claimed that he had turned to God and repented to a priest, a news report said on Saturday. Hung Hon-yee (洪漢義), who is believed to be the leader of the 14K triad gang in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui district, made the claim outside court after being arrested with 67 other triad gang members. Hung, 61, spoke to reporters about his gangland life after a court appearance on Friday, the South China Morning Post reported, and said: “I feel that I was very wrong. I have repented to a priest.” When his followers told reporters to stop asking questions, Hung, nicknamed Teddy in gang circles, insisted on continuing to speak about his new-found faith, saying: “We are Christians.”
■INDIA
Nine killed in derailment
A speeding train derailed in western India, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80. Fifteen cars of the New Delhi-bound train flew off the tracks on Saturday and rolled onto their sides when the driver suddenly applied the brakes because of poor visibility in the region, said Vipin Kumar Pande, superintendent of police. A broken rail track punctured one car and killed some of the passengers, Pande said.
■SOUTH KOREA
Four killed in collision
Four fishermen died and three others were missing after a South Korean fishing boat collided with a Hong Kong cargo ship off the country’s south coast, officials said yesterday. The seven were among nine crew aboard the 3 Dae Kyong, which collided with the freighter Joshu Maru on the high seas, 130km southeast of Jeju island late on Saturday.
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