A Hong Kong merchant has been jailed for five years and four months for attempting to murder his wife and three daughters by burning charcoal in their public rental flat after struggling to repay debts totalling nearly HK$900,000 (US$115,000). The High Court on Monday sentenced Wong Pak-ting in what the presiding judge described as a…
A Hong Kong merchant has pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of his wife and three daughters by burning charcoal in their public rental flat two years ago, saying he was “out of options” after struggling to repay debts totalling nearly HK$900,000 (US$115,000). The High Court heard on Tuesday that Wong Pak-ting, 45, spiked the…
Hong Kong police have arrested an elderly woman on suspicion of murder after she and her husband were found unconscious in a Tsim Sha Tsui hotel room, with the man later pronounced dead in hospital. Cleaners at the Ramada Grand hotel on Austin Avenue discovered the woman, 73, and the man, 77, at about 4.50pm…