Robbers take HK$370,000 in cash and valuables from Sai Kung house

Three Putonghua-speaking robbers escaped with HK$370,000 in cash and valuables from a three-storey house in Sai Kung early on Thursday, after threatening a businessman, his wife and a maid.

Police were still hunting for the three men, two of whom were described as being about 1.9 metres tall with strong builds, and the other about 1.76 metres tall.

The intruders, wearing caps and gloves, broke into the house in Nam Shan San Tsuen Road at about 1.30am, when the couple and their two children and two domestic helpers were asleep.

They used a wooden ladder to climb over the surrounding wall into the front yard and prised open the sliding glass door to enter the house, police said.

The businessman’s wife, 41 – who was sleeping with her two children in a first-floor bedroom – and her domestic helper were awakened by noises when the trio were ransacking the first-floor living room. As the pair went to check, they were confronted by the intruders.

“They were threatened with sharp objects and ordered to hand over all the money and valuables,” a police officer said. The victims were too frightened to look closely at the sharp objects, but thought they might have included a screwdriver, he said.