Hong Kong man injured in fall after escaping alleged captivity over HK$2 million football gambling debt
- Victim, 23, tried to climb out of window in fifth-floor industrial unit, but fell onto first-floor podium
- Three captors allegedly held the man and assaulted him
A Hong Kong man suffered multiple injuries from a fall on Wednesday after he tried to escape captors who had allegedly held him over a HK$2 million (US$255,832) football gambling debt.
The 23-year-old man attempted to climb out of a fifth-floor industrial building window, but fell onto the first-floor podium.
Emergency personnel were called to Yue Fung Industrial Building on Chai Wan Kok Street in Tsuen Wan at around 5.30am, after police were alerted to the incident by a passer-by who discovered the injured man.
Officers also went to the fifth-floor unit and arrested a 33-year-old man for alleged assault.
As of Wednesday afternoon, police were still searching for at least two other men in connection with the illegal debt collection case.
A source familiar with the case said the victim was forcibly taken to the Tsuen Wan unit at around 10.45pm on Tuesday.
“Preliminary investigation revealed he was pressured to settle a football gambling debt of HK$2 million,” the insider said. “He was assaulted by three to four men after he failed to repay the money.”