Two mainlanders held by Hong Kong police after raid on Sai Kung house
Police seek help from across border after Italian woman, maid and child subjected to knife ordeal
The arrest of two of three illegal immigrants from Guizhou who raided the Sai Kung house of an Italian businesswoman on Tuesday night has prompted police to seek mainland authorities' help to stop would-be criminals from coming to Hong Kong, the Post has learned.
The hold-up happened at about 7.30pm on Tuesday when a 39-year-old woman identified by police as Roberta returned to her home at Asiacity Garden on Fung Sau Road, off Tai Mong Tsai Road, before a gang of three men stormed in.
The trio included two brothers aged 28 and 33.
Superintendent Cheng Ka-chung, acting assistant Wong Tai Sin district commander, described what happened: "As the woman opened the front door, they pushed her into the house. Inside the premises, one of them drew a knife and threatened the woman and her maid."
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Inside the house were her 15-month-old son and a 40-year-old foreign domestic helper. It was understood her husband was not at home at the time of the raid.