South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 7 hrs ago
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Hong Kong pair convicted of murder and HK$3.6 million ransom blackmail plot
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Two men in Hong Kong have been convicted of murdering a businessman following a financial dispute and subsequently blackmailing his wife for HK$3.6 million ransom, claiming he was alive when he was already dead.
Hong Kong pair convicted of murder and HK$3.6 million ransom blackmail plot
Two Hongkongers have been found guilty of murdering a man after a financial dispute and then blackmailing his wife for a HK$3.6 million (US$459,331) ransom for his “release” even though he was already dead.
A High Court jury on Tuesday also found that the defendants – Chan Wah-hing, 67, and Chan Yiu-lung, 33 – disposed of the victim’s body in grass near Ping Yeung Village before sealing the site with cement in September 2022.
The village is in Ta Kwu Ling in the city’s North district, where both
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