A businessman who had HK$43,000 stolen from his bank accounts after his drink was apparently spiked on a night out in Hong Kong has undergone hypnosis to dredge up memories of his ordeal.
Andy Clark, 33, a married father of two, blacked out for 16 hours after going out drinking in Lan Kwai Fong on a Wednesday night and later found the money had been stolen in multiple withdrawals using three different bank cards.
The incident in early hours of May 17 follows a series of cases in Wan Chai in which police suspect that prostitutes have used powerful date-rape drugs such as Rohypnol and GHB to render drinkers insensible and steal money from their accounts.
Now Clark (pictured), a Hong Kong-based management trainer, has been hypnotised in an attempt to find out what happened in his missing hours - and has given police details of the flashback memories he says he recovered during the session.
Bizarrely, Clark opted for a two-hour hypnosis session over Skype with a therapist in California after learning he would have to wait too long for a session in Hong Kong.
'I saw two black girls in a very small apartment - I think it was in Causeway Bay,' he said. 'I woke up briefly and the bigger black girl told me 'Drink this' and gave me a very sweet drink that tasted like flat coke.'
Clark passed details of the flashbacks to the policewoman heading the investigation. 'She told me evidence from hypnotherapy wouldn't be admissible in court but any information you give us we will use.'
