No toxic substance found in sports drinks linked to students’ illness: police

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...