Man critical after being chopped in dispute
A subcontractor was fighting for his life last night after being chopped in a dispute over HK$2,000 in unpaid wages. The man, 48, and two colleagues were erecting a frame for a signboard in Sai Yee Street, Mong Kok, at about 1.30am when a former employee arrived to demand the money he was owed. When told he could not have the money, the ex-employee drew a knife and attacked the man. His colleagues alerted a security guard, who called police. The attacker, who was aged about 50, fled.
mainlanders held over robbery gang
Police believe they have smashed a gang that recruited mainlanders to commit robberies in Hong Kong, after the arrest of its alleged ringleader and three mainland accomplices. The three, who are in their late 20s, were arrested at a godown in Choi Fai Street, Sheung Shui, hours after they arrived from Shenzhen. The alleged mastermind, 44, is a Hong Kong resident. The four men were allegedly planning to rob a second-hand mobile phone trading firm in Kowloon, according to police. Officers seized pepper spray from one of the mainlanders and found four knives, two cutters and some plastic cords inside the godown. Police also seized about 4,000 second-hand mobile phones, worth about HK$400,000.
Former Hyatt worker admits bribery case
A former materials officer for the Hyatt Regency Hong Kong admitted accepting more than HK$100,000 in bribes from the hotel's meat supplier over 10 years. Lamy Chan Lam-mei, 47, pleaded guilty before District Court Deputy Judge Amanda Woodcock to two charges of accepting an advantage. The court heard that Chan received bribes from frozen-meat supplier Shing Kam Ho between October 1995 and December 2005.
Window hits pedestrian