Two men have been charged in connection with an acid attack on rural leader Man Kwai-ki in July 2010. Police arrested the pair at Shenzhen Bay Port yesterday. They will appear in Fanling Court today facing charges of violating the elections ordinance and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. They are accused of attacking Man, 51, the former village representative of Mai Po Tsuen, in Shenzhen.
A Nepalese family was yesterday mourning the death of a 35-year-old man and his five-year-old son after a barbecue outing to Butterfly Beach, Tuen Mun, with five others on Sunday. The pair went for a swim in the afternoon but the man got into difficulty and the boy disappeared. The man was unconscious when pulled from the water shortly before 6pm. He died at 8.17am yesterday in Tuen Mun Hospital. Divers found the boy's body at about 6am.
Three correctional services officers pleaded not guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm on a 33-year-old Taiwanese inmate, Chen Chu-nan, who was found dead in his cell on August 16. They were Leung Shing-chi, 46, So Ka-wai, 36, and Tang Yuk-po, 46. Police arrested Chen for obtaining property by deception on August 12, 2009.