Police hunt for 7 assailants who broke into, vandalised 2 Hong Kong mahjong parlours in alleged attempt to collect debt
- Four thugs break into parlour on Yi Pei Square after smashing glass door with baseball bat before 12.15am, police say
- Three others storm adjacent parlour with batons and a knife, damaging mahjong tables, two chairs, a computer, a television and a cabinet
Hong Kong police are searching for at least seven assailants who stormed and vandalised two mahjong parlours in Tsuen Wan in an apparent attempt to collect a debt.
Four thugs broke into a parlour on Yi Pei Square after smashing the glass door with a baseball bat shortly before 12.15am on Monday, according to police.
“Initial investigations showed perpetrators demanded staff repay a debt. When their demand was not met, they resorted to damaging the shop,” a source familiar with the case said.
The insider added a female employee’s hand was injured by flying glass shards after assailants broke several mahjong tables and a television on the premises.
The woman, 59, did not require hospital treatment, he noted.
Police said three other assailants simultaneously burst into an adjacent parlour with batons and a knife, damaging mahjong tables, two chairs, a computer, a television and a cabinet.