Hong Kong  - A Hong Kong driving instructor has been arrested for allegedly swapping seats with a woman pupil who knocked down a schoolboy on a pedestrian crossing, police said Monday.

The 69-year-old instructor allegedly told police he was the driver after the accident which left the schoolboy seriously injured, a police spokesman said.

The accident took place on Sunday in Hong Kong's Kwai Chung district in an area where learner drivers are not allowed to drive, according to police.

Hong Kong  - A mystery dog poisoner who has killed scores of Hong Kong pet dogs over the past 20 years has begun targeting cats, animal welfare experts warned Monday.

The body of a ginger and white cat was found last week off Bowen Road in Hong Kong's Mid Levels district, the regular haunt of the poisoner who lays tainted meat and has evaded capture for two decades.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) said the dead pet it was found by police close to where a jogger had reported seeing suspicious pieces of meat the same day.

Bangkok  - Thai police are investigating the possible murder of a German woman whose body was found on Phangan in the aftermath of one of the island's notorious full-moon parties, police said Monday.

The body of Astrid Al-Assaad Schachmer, 45, was discovered Sunday morning floating in shallow water off a beach on Phangan, 430 kilometres south of Bangkok.

Hong Kong  - Police in Hong Kong were Sunday investigating a murder-suicide case in which a 27-year-old man threw his toddler niece to her death from a high-rise apartment block.

The 2-year-old girl and her uncle were both found dead at the foot of the block of flats in the city's Sheung Shui district after falling from a ninth-floor balcony on Saturday morning.

The girl's mother told police that her husband's brother snatched the girl and threw her from the balcony before jumping to his death. Police believe he may have suffered a mental breakdown.

With the aim to find unsecured Wi-Fi connections, Mumbai Police would soon be covering the streets with laptops in their hands.

It seems as a necessary initiative taken up by the Mumbai Police as there were many incidents of unexpected blasts and terror attacks and suspects using Wi-Fi internet for communication. The Policemen would be required to cover several areas and locations in the city, in the search of unsecured Wi-Fi connections.

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police seized illegal drugs valued at 149 million ringgit (45.15 million dollars) in 2008, double the amount seized the year before, a news report said Saturday.

The police narcotics department also seized 38 million ringgit (11.5 million dollars) worth of goods and cash from drug syndicates, including seizing four boats, a piece of property, jewelry and 228 vehicles, director Zul Hasnan Najib Baharuddin said.