‘Shameless’: members of Hong Kong band Beyond outraged after 15-year-old boy, man arrested for vandalising grave of lead singer
- Bandmates of Beyond’s lead singer lash out at pair arrested for vandalising grave, with late star’s brother condemning suspects as ‘shameless, pitiful and detestable’
- Police arrest 15-year-old and 23-year-old after videos emerge of attack on grave of Wong Ka-kui, reportedly fourth vandalism case targeting site in six years
Members of Hong Kong rock band Beyond have voiced outrage after a 15-year-old boy and a man were arrested for vandalising the grave of lead singer Wong Ka-kui, with the late star’s brother condemning the suspects as “shameless, pitiful and detestable”.
Police said they received a report from staff of the Junk Bay Chinese Permanent Cemetery on Sunday morning that two men had defaced a grave with graffiti and by pouring liquid over its memorial plaque.
A 15-year-old boy and a 23-year-old man surnamed Yip were arrested in connection with the incident.
A source familiar with the case said the arrests were linked to two videos that began circulating online in the afternoon and he believed the pair had vandalised the site to gain attention on the internet.
The latest attack was reportedly at least the fourth vandalism case targeting Wong’s grave in the past six years.
The clips show a young man, who calls himself “Society Destroyer”, saying he will “pay his respects” to Wong while swearing at the late singer’s grave. He then pours what appears to be a bottle of Coca-Cola onto the memorial plaque, licking up the spilled liquid afterwards.
The man bites bits of wrapping and petals off a bouquet placed at the grave and scrawls Chinese phrases on a guitar-shaped carving.