Hong Kong professor’s son testifies arguments between his parents were common before his mother’s killing, though his father was ‘never’ violent
- While the arguments had become more frequent and heated, son testifies, they were often started by his mother, and his father rarely talked back
- Son says he was on good terms with both parents, and that mother was passionate and caring, albeit insistent that things be done her way
A University of Hong Kong professor on trial for murder had often argued with his wife before he killed her two years ago, their son testified in court on Wednesday.
But Scot Cheung, 28, also observed that it was his mother, Tina Chan Wai-man, 53, who usually initiated the arguments, even criticising his father Cheung Kie-chung, 56, in public and in the company of others, such as during meals with relatives.
“My father seldom scolded her back,” Scot told a High Court jury.
Defence counsel Graham Harris SC asked: “In all your time that you’ve known your father, have you ever, ever known him to use physical violence towards another person?”
“Never,” Scot testified in his father’s defence.
The associate professor has admitted killing his wife in the early hours of August 17, 2018 and covering up her death until his arrest on August 28.