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SCMP Reporter

May 17, 1970 Tsui Po-ko  born in Shaowu, Fujian province

1977 Comes to Hong Kong with mother, Cheung Wai-mei; joined next year by his father, Tsui Yau-cheong, and  younger brother

1989  Completes  Royal Hong Kong Regiment training, but doesn't join up

1990  Travels  around Europe as a backpacker;  parents separate

1993 Meets  future wife,  Li Po-ling, at  Hong Kong airport when working as an auxiliary police officer; becomes a full-time policeman;   awarded Silver Whistle on graduation.

1997  Marries Ms Li.  Arrested in February for  disorderly behaviour  at a wedding gown shop in Mong Kok after a dispute with the  owner, but  released without  charge;  Tsui and Ms Li buy a flat in Yue Tung Court, Tung Chung,  for HK$579,000  in cash

July 1998  Not recommended for promotion,  despite passing  written exam for promotion to sergeant

1999  Couple  buy second flat in  Tung Chung Crescent for HK$2,641,150,  with two mortgage loans in October;  Tsui makes visit to Macau

2000   Daughter  born in January;  Tsui passes  written exam for promotion to sergeant with distinction, but refuses to be considered for promotion

March 2001 Tsui and  wife  pay HK$388,150 to settle  one mortgage  on the Tung Chung Crescent flat

March 13 2001

12:10pm Lei Muk Shue  Police Station receives noise complaint  from the Lei Muk Shue Estate, which is later confirmed to be  false

March 14, 2001

12:05pm Lei Muk Shue Police Station receives noise complaint from the  Shek Wai Kok Estate

12:10pm Constable  Leung Shing-yan  goes to Shek To  House to investigate the complaint

12:20pm Leung telephones  police report room and asks for  contact details of  complainant

12:25pm A resident in Shek To House finds Leung severely wounded in  corridor; Leung later dies from  his injuries.

December 5, 2001

12:10pm  Masked robber, armed with a revolver, enters Belvedere Garden Hang Seng Bank branch in Tsuen Wan; security guard  Zafar Iqbal Khan, 31,  shot as he raises his shotgun; robber flees with more than HK$500,000 after climbing  over counter to raid cash drawers.

February 2002 Tsui begins furtive investments in securities and foreign exchange. A suspicious sum of HK$557,000   deposited in  12 investment accounts; Tsui travels  to Canada with his family, visits  Taiwan and Malaysia, and makes  five trips to the mainland and four to Macau

2003 Tsui travels six times to the mainland and also visits   Macau, Indonesia, Korea and Australia

2004  Tsui and wife  pay  HK$500,000 to settle a mortgage loan; Tsui's mother gives him HK$150,000;  Tsui travels to the mainland  seven times, and  to Macau, Malaysia and New Zealand

August 2004 Tsui bets HK$75,000   on soccer match, winning HK$210,000

2005 Tsui joins the  July 1 protest;  pulls out of  his investments, having suffered total losses of HK$371,981; HK$350,000 deposited in his mother's investment account; Tsui travels to the mainland  13 times, as well as to Macau, Thailand, Taiwan and Australia

March 17, 2006

1.10am Patrolling constables Tsang Kwok-hang  and  Wilson Sin Ka-keung enter a Tsim Sha Tsui underpass

1.14am The pair are allegedly gunned down by Tsui, who is off duty

1.15am Constables Tsang and Sin press the emergency buttons on their beat radios; Constable Sin says into his radio:  'Open fire! The Victoria Towers underpass! Need an ambulance!'

1.17am Police officers rush to  the scene



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