Prosecutor facing indecent assault charges dies in fall from Hong Kong flat
- Vincent Wong was on bail when the apparent suicide happened at flat in Mong Kok
- He left a suicide note in which he revealed he had been suffering from depression for years, source says
A senior Hong Kong prosecutor charged with indecently assaulting three colleagues died after jumping from his 37th-floor flat on Saturday morning.
Sources said Vincent Wong Wing-sum, 49, jumped from the balcony of his Mong Kok flat after leaving a suicide note.
A police source said Wong’s mother-in-law visited him at his flat at about 9am, and said Wong appeared normal.
Wong left a suicide note, before jumping from the balcony of his flat on the 37th floor, landing on the seventh-floor podium. The source said the flat was tidy and no suspicious items or medication were found.
According to the source, Wong had revealed in his note that he suffered from depression for years and had been seeing a psychiatrist.
“He also mentioned he had different views on the four indecent assault allegations against him,” the source said.
He also mentioned he had different views on the four indecent assault allegations against him