Hong Kong actress Elvina Kong loses HK$160,000 in cash and valuables after home burgled for fifth time
- Cash, two gold necklaces, three pairs of jade and diamond earrings and a diamond ring stolen, insider says
- Kong says her home is equipped with an alert system connected to a security company but she did not keep her guard up due to some recent false alarms
The home of a Hong Kong actress has been broken into for a fifth time, with the burglar making off with HK$160,000 (US$20,500) in cash and valuables despite a security system being installed after the previous cases.
Officers were sent to TVB actress and presenter Elvina Kong Yan-yin’s home in Tsuen Wan early on Sunday, and found a patio door had been pried open and signs of ransacking on the premises. Kong, 56, was not home at the time.
A source familiar with the case said two gold necklaces, three pairs of jade and diamond earrings and a diamond ring were stolen, worth HK$133,000 in total. The burglar also took HK$4,500, US$400 and 20,000 yuan (US$2,800) in cash.
The insider said the owner had left home at 9pm on Saturday and her mother had locked all the doors and windows.
The victim dismissed the first alert sent to her mobile phone from her home’s security system as her domestic helper was expected to return from the Philippines.
However, the victim received a second alert at 11.30pm and contacted her helper, realising she had not yet arrived home.
Kong said her house – at Vista Del Mar on Castle Peak Road, Ting Kau – was equipped with an alert system connected to a security company but she did not keep her guard up due to a few false alarms in some locations at her home.