Hong Kong businessman loses HK$1.8 million in valuables, cash in home burglary; watches worth HK$960,000 stolen
- Burglar clambered up drainpipes and climbed into window of ninth-floor flat, police say
- Man, 41, and his family found master bedroom had been ransacked after returning from dinner
A Hong Kong businessman lost more than HK$1.8 million (US$229,405) in valuables and cash in a burglary that took place when he and his family left their home in Sha Tin for dinner, police said on Tuesday.
The valuables, including seven watches and some gold ornaments, were stolen from his ninth-floor flat at the Great Hill housing estate on Tung Lo Wan Hill Road in Sha Tin on Monday night.
The 41-year-old man, his wife, two children and two domestic helpers left the flat and went out for dinner shortly after 5pm on Monday.
The burglary came to light when they returned soon after 9.30pm and found his master bedroom had been ransacked.
“A safe hidden in a wardrobe had been prised open,” a source familiar with the case said, adding 20 gold ornaments worth HK$850,000 and seven watches valued at HK$960,000 were stolen, along with HK$30,000 from the safe and drawers in the bedroom.
