A teenage girl told a jury yesterday how an accused rapist claimed to have pushed a 13-year-old girl to her death from a multi-storey block with his palms in the position of a Buddha.
Chui Suk-kwan, 17, testified that Wong Chi-wai, 23, told her and other friends to lie to police about the death of Man Sau-ying, known as Man Man. She told the Court of First Instance that she agreed to Wong's order and later lied in a police statement because she was frightened of him.
Wong denies murdering Man Man, whose body was found in the car park of Ming Shun House, where she lived, at Siu Lik Yuen, Sha Tin, on May 5 last year.
Prosecutor Nicolas Adams has said the defendant, whom the 13-year-old girl accused of rape, was angry and wanted her to withdraw the allegation. The prosecution alleged Wong pushed the girl to her death to stop her testifying against him.
Suk-kwan yesterday told the court Wong brought Man Man to the flat of his friend To Sin-yee in the block where the girl lived. Three other people were in the flat at the time.
She said the defendant slapped Man Man's face twice and asked her whether she had contacted the police.
The court heard Wong also telephoned another friend, Tse Wai-lun, 15, telling him Man Man was going to jump 'from a height' that night. Suk-kwan said Man Man lowered her head and cried after she heard the conversation.