Badly injured man who later died linked to 5 burglaries at remote Hong Kong Sea Ranch estate
- Man found lying unconscious with severe head injuries on abandoned mattress at the private pier of Sea Ranch estate early on Wednesday
- Witness heard loud bang and saw an injured man being carried away by two others
A suspected serial burglar who was found severely injured at an isolated pier and later died in hospital may have fallen during a break-in at a remote seaside housing estate on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island, according to police.
The force also said on Thursday it might seek help from mainland Chinese counterparts in the search for two of the 37-year-old man’s suspected accomplices who left Hong Kong right after the incident.
The mainland man was found lying unconscious with severe head injuries on an abandoned mattress at the private pier of the Sea Ranch estate at about 4.30am on Wednesday.
Sea Ranch is a beach retreat estate in Chi Ma Wan, at the southern end of Lantau. The enclave has no road connections and is accessible only by a small boat to and from Cheung Chau run by the estate’s management company for residents.
The man was rushed to St John Hospital on Cheung Chau but pronounced dead at about 6.30am, said Superintendent Iu Wing-kan of the New Territories South regional headquarters.
During police investigations, officers received calls from two flats in Sea Ranch reporting burglaries and loss of property.