Poultry-shop owner attacked and robbed A 70-year-old man was robbed of a $130,000 Rolex watch, a $120,000 diamond ring and $7,000 in cash when attacked by three middle-aged robbers in Yau Ma Tei. Hung Hing-ngau, the owner of a poultry shop, was grabbed from behind as he burned incense outside his office in Bowring Street at 9.30am. He passed out while wrestling with two of the three because the thieves covered his mouth and nose with paper, police said. actor's sentenced cut The Court of First Instance cut the jail sentence of former martial arts actor Wong Chi-kuen for assaulting his girlfriend from three months to six weeks. Wong, 50, was convicted last December and decided to appeal. Judge Michael Lunn left the conviction standing but shortened the sentence. Police seize drugs Police seized about 15,000 bottles of cough syrup and other drugs worth about $600,000 from a flat in Wan Chai believed to be a drug distribution centre. Four men, aged between 22 and 23, were arrested for possession of poison. dengue fever case The Department of Health has confirmed an imported case of dengue fever - the 22nd this year. The man, 35, who lives in Yuen Long and returned from the Philippines on August 21, was admitted to hospital on August 26 and discharged on Tuesday. bus crash injures eight Eight KMB employees were injured in a head-on collision between two KMB buses in Pat Heung at 4.30am.
