University of Hong Kong professor jailed for life over ‘cold-blooded’ murder of his wife, whose body he kept in a box in his office
- Cheung Kie-chung was convicted last week despite bid to reduce charge to manslaughter because he was depressed at time of killing
- Judge says no matter how ‘gentle or caring’ Cheung was before, he ‘cold-bloodedly killed his wife’ of 30 years
University of Hong Kong professor Cheung Kie-chung was jailed for life on Thursday after being found guilty of murdering his wife two years ago.
The former associate professor of mechanical engineering had testified to killing his wife, Tina Chan Wai-man, 53, by strangling her with two electrical wires during an argument in the early hours of August 17, 2018, at their residence at Room 1601 of Wei Lun Hall, where he served as warden.
He also admitted covering up her death and concealing the body in a home-made wooden box moved to his campus office at Haking Wong Building for 11 days, and pleaded guilty to the charge of preventing the lawful burial of Chan’s body, punishable by seven years in prison.
But he denied intending to kill his wife, while his lawyers depicted him as a sad figure who suddenly snapped and lost temporary control after chronic psychological abuse allegedly inflicted by his wife.