Intruder breaks into former Canadian official’s Hong Kong home
A burglar broke into David Nesbitt’s home in the early hours of Thursday
The former executive director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, David Nesbitt, became the latest victim in a recent spate of high-profile break-ins in Hong Kong after someone broke into his home in the early hours of Thursday.
The 70-year-old was awakened by a noise and found the intruder ransacking his bedroom on the first floor of a four-storey apartment block in Pok Fu Lam Road shortly after 4.15am, according to police.
“The culprit ran into the balcony from where he jumped off the building and fled on foot,” a police source said.
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“There was no confrontation with the culprit and the tenant and no one was injured in the incident.”
An initial investigation showed no items were stolen in the break-in, according to police.
The source believed the raider climbed on to the first-floor canopy and entered into the flat by prising open a window with a hard object.
Officers scoured the area after receiving a report from Nesbitt at 4.19am.