Son on murder rap after top Hong Kong doctor stabbed to death in Canada
Mystery woman found critically wounded by the side of prominent stomach specialist Andrew Chan
A prominent Hong Kong-born doctor has been stabbed to death in Canada and his 19-year-old son charged with the killing, according to media reports.
The dead body of stomach specialist, Dr Andrew Chan, was found at his home in Peterborough, 128km north of Toronto, in the early hours December 28 after police were called out to a “disturbance”, reported the Toronto Star.
Alongside Chan, 50, was a critically injured but unidentified female, who had also been stabbed and is now fighting for her life.
Thomas Chan, the 19-year-old son of the of the well-known gastroenterologist was arrested at the scene and has been charged with murder and attempted murder.
Chan attended the prestigious St Paul’s College, graduating from Form Five in 1982. The school’s alumni association confirmed that he was a medical doctor in Ontario. St Paul’s College, in Bonham Road, is one of the oldest all boys primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong.
Police, originally called to the scene for a disturbance, were notified on their way there of a stabbing. In a statement , the police said they found Chan dead and the woman critically injured. She was airlifted to a Toronto hospital.