Plea for action on domestic violence
Advocates mark 10th anniversary of family's killing with demand for more protection
Ten years on from the shocking killing of a mother and her two daughters, an advocacy group says the government is still not doing enough to protect victims of domestic violence.
Mourners gathered at the Tin Heng Estate in Tin Shui Wai yesterday to remember Kim Shuk-ying and her two daughters - six-year-old Li Yin-li and five-year-old Li Tsz-wan - who were chopped to death by Kim's husband on April 11, 2004.
Fresh flowers were placed on the estate and a minute's silence held to remember the tragedy.
"I couldn't forget it. I have never attended a funeral with three coffins put together before - the scene was so shocking and saddening," said Xu Meiqiong of the Association for the Survivors of Women Abuse.
Kim, 31, and her children were stabbed to death by her husband in their public housing flat in the remote New Territories town. One aspect of the case that shocked many was that Kim, who went home from a government-run shelter when her husband threatened to take the children to the mainland, was refused an escort by a police sergeant.
Her jobless husband, Li Pak-sum, 44, died days later after stabbing himself.