Free sports drinks with suspicious pinhole marks leave 14 Hong Kong students ill
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- South China Morning Postseen 24 Sept, 00:45description edited
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Hong Kong police have found no foreign or toxic substances in a brand of bottled drink linked to the illness of 16 students from a secondary school in Kwun Tong, saying the reported “pinholes” are likely to be perforated lines in the plastic wrapping. The update came a day after 16 students from Maryknoll Secondary School reported feeling unwell after drinking free bottles of “Scream” sports drink during lunch at Tuesday’s athletics meet at Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground in Wong Tai Sin. The...Hong Kong police have found no foreign or toxic substances in a brand of sports drink linked to 16 secondary school students who fell ill, saying the reported “pinholes” on the bottles are likely to be perforated lines in the plastic wrapping. The update came a day after 16 students from Maryknoll Secondary School in Kwun Tong reported feeling unwell after drinking free bottles of “Scream” sports drink during lunch at an athletics meet on Tuesday at Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground in Wong Tai...
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Tue, 22 September 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post09:59first to report
At least 14 students have been sent to hospital after drinking free beverages that were found with suspicious pinhole marks near a sports ground in Hong Kong, prompting a police investigation. Students from Maryknoll Secondary School in Kwun Tong reportedly posted messages on social media claiming that free bottles of a sports drink had been handed out during lunch on Wing Ting Road, a short distance from the Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground, where the school was holding an athletics meet on...
Wed, 23 September 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post11:51edited after publishing
Hong Kong police have found no foreign or toxic substances in a brand of sports drink linked to 16 secondary school students who fell ill, saying the reported “pinholes” on the bottles are likely to be perforated lines in the plastic wrapping. The update came a day after 16 students from Maryknoll Secondary School in Kwun Tong reported feeling unwell after drinking free bottles of “Scream” sports drink during lunch at an athletics meet on Tuesday at Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground in Wong Tai...