THE mother of a dead gunman yesterday demanded to know the whereabouts of $170,000 she claimed was in her son's possession when he was shot by police.
Ng Sai-wah told an inquest her son, Cheung Cho-yau, had the cash on him when he was killed in an Aberdeen gun battle.
'My daughter told me that, since he did business in China, he had this in his possession,' she said. 'The police who searched his person should know.' Coroner Warner Banks said inquiries would be made, but added that coroner's officer Dee Crebbin had assured him there was 'nothing like $170,000 on his body'.
Cheung, 23, and his handicapped Korean hostage, Kang Sang-bo, 31, were killed in the shootout last October.
Yesterday, the inquest learned of Cheung's long history of trouble with the law.
His mother left China for Hong Kong with her daughter in 1975, leaving her four-year-old son behind.