A mainland man was arrested on suspicion of murdering his Hong Kong wife after an argument yesterday. It was the fifth wife-killing this year.
Police would not disclose the name of the 29-year-old man, who has a two-way permit to visit the city. They said the suspect called police to report the killing of his 30-year-old wife, surnamed Chiu.
'The police received a crime report at 1.45pm from a man who said he had 'mistakenly killed his wife', and needed police assistance,' said Lam Siu-wah, chief criminal inspector in Wan Chai.
The woman, a permanent Hong Kong resident, was found lying on a bed in a flat in the Kingston Building, at the junction of Kingston and Paterson streets, in Causeway Bay.
Medical staff with the police gave the woman first aid and she was taken to Ruttonjee Hospital, where she was certified dead at 2.26pm.
Bruises were found on her neck and there were signs of suffocation on her face, Lam said, citing autopsy findings.