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Body of Dragonair air hostess found in wardrobe of Tsuen Wan flat

Police are investigating a possible homicide after the body of a 26-year-old flight attendant was discovered by her father in her bedroom wardrobe. The woman has been identified by the Dragon Airlines Flight Attendants Association as Dragonair employee Arbe Chan.

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Police are investigating a possible homicide after the body of a 26-year-old flight attendant was discovered in her apartment at Allway Gardens in Tsuen Wan. Photo: SCMP
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Police are investigating a possible homicide after the body of a 26-year-old flight attendant was discovered by her father in her bedroom wardrobe.

The woman has been identified by the Dragon Airlines Flight Attendants Association as Dragonair employee Arbe Chan.

Officers are looking for her former boyfriend, a jobless man aged 25, who is believed to have left the city.

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"Her body was placed inside the wardrobe, with some miscellaneous items covering it. We believe she had been dead for two to three days," said Eric Ho Chun-chung, assistant commander of crime in Tsuen Wan district. "She might have been killed by someone she knew."

Police officers went to Chan's apartment at Allway Gardens in Tsuen Wan after receiving a report from Chan's 55-year-old father about the body at 2.15am yesterday.

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Marks were found on Chan's neck. Police believe she was strangled or suffocated. The cause of death will be determined by forensic scientists.

Friends mourn the death of Dragonair hostess Arbe Chan on her Facebook page. Photo: SCMP
Friends mourn the death of Dragonair hostess Arbe Chan on her Facebook page. Photo: SCMP
Explaining why it took Chan's family several days to discover the body, Ho said a variety of items had been placed under and on top of it.
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