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Clifford Lo

Lai Ying-kit

A controversial businessman was believed to have been injured in an attack while having afternoon tea at a five-star hotel on Sunday but denied his injuries were caused by the assault.
Alleged triad faction boss Kwok Wing-hung, 57, was in the ground-floor café in The Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui at about 5.15pm when a man approached him and allegedly punched him in the face.
The victim, also known as “Shanghai Boy”, sustained facial injuries and sought medical attention at a private hospital.
Police classified the case as “assault occasioning actual bodily harm”. The Yau Tsim district anti-triad squad is investigating. So far, no arrest has been made.
[I] just bumped into a table corner. You see how handsome [I am].
BUSINESSMAN KWOK WING-HUNG
Flanked by several associates and sporting a sticking plaster on the right side of his face, Kwok told the media as he was leaving Sanatorium Hospital in Happy Valley at about 2am yesterday that he was in good shape and denied his injuries were caused by the attack.

“Someone said [I was] killed. You see. I’m in good shape,” said Kwok in an apparent bid to refute a rumour that he had been hacked to death in the attack.
He later added: “[I] just bumped into a table corner. You see how handsome [I am].”
At the time of the incident, Kwok was alone at a table and several of his henchmen were nearby, according to police sources.
“The attacker rushed towards him and then hit his face with the right hand before running away,” said a source with knowledge of the investigation. “Initial investigation showed the attacker was carrying a small object in his right hand at the time of the attack, but it did not appear to be a knife.”
The attacker ran out of the hotel via a Middle Road exit.
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The case came to light when a hotel staff member called the police at about 5.30pm on Sunday.
It is understood that Kwok is involved in a dispute over his mistress and in an argument over financial problems in his Macau business.
A hotel spokesman said on Sunday night: “The Peninsula Hong Kong confirms that a guest was assaulted earlier today.

“The incident is now in the hands of the relevant authorities and we are unable to comment any further at this stage.”
Kwok became known to the general public in 2012 when local media reported that he had attended a dinner that year with aides of then-Chief Executive candidate Leung Chun-ying.
The dinner raised questions about whether Leung and his team were colluding with triads. But Leung and his supporters said they did not know Kwok and had not invited him. The Independent Commission Against Corruption later called off an investigation into the alleged collusion.


Alleged Hong Kong triad leader punched in face at Peninsula hotel while having tea

Kwok Wing-hung, a renowned triad member in Hong Kong, poses with So Hoi Pan in the opening ceremony of new Heung Yee Kuk Building at On Muk Street in Shek Mun, Shatin. SCMP Pictures

Triad member Kwok Wing Hung at the opening ceremony of new Heung Yee Kuk Building at On Muk Street in Shek Mun, Shatin. SCMP Pictures (UNDATED HANDOUT)

Kwok Wing-hung leaves the hospital after attack at the peninsula hotel. SCMP Picture

Alleged Hong Kong triad leader punched in face at Peninsula hotel while having tea

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Police looking for suspect and motive in the attack on Kwok Wing-hung

Police looking for suspect and motive in the attack on Kwok Wing-hung