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...
The case came to light after a 22-year-old BSc Nursing student from Chhattisgarh lodged a complaint at Govardhan police station on May 25
A beautician who doxxed and blackmailed a married finance director after having a brief affair with him has been sentenced to 52 months in prison, with the Hong Kong judge condemning her exposure of the affair online and demand for HK$2.6 million (US$332,000) in payouts as “despicable”. Deputy District Judge Ivy Chui Yee-mei on Monday handed down the sentence to Li Yanlin, who was earlier found guilty of uploading four videos to YouTube to expose her former lover’s identity and personal...
A 50-year-old customs officer has filed a complaint alleging that he and his family received death threats from Kripalani, after the officer imposed penalties in a customs evasion case.