Hong Kong couple arrested after refusing DNA test for baby’s birth registration

Hong Kong police have arrested the parents of a baby without documentation after they continued to refuse a DNA test for the boy’s birth registration on privacy grounds. The couple were detained on Tuesday following an intervention by the city’s welfare minister, who said authorities only received an email reply from them on Monday evening after five days of unsuccessful attempts to contact them. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Pin-keung said on Tuesday afternoon that polic