Hong Kong parents who refuse DNA test for child’s birth registration arrested

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