Hong Kong pair jailed for abducting woman outside prison over 500,000 yuan financial dispute
- Lau Kwok-kei, Zafar Tai and two teenagers admitted abducting victim in broad daylight outside Stanley Prison on December 17, 2022
- Defence lawyers earlier told the court Lau and Tai had sent 500,000 yuan to victim’s account for an investment but the bank froze the money
Two construction workers have been jailed for up to 20 months for abducting a woman outside a Hong Kong prison in 2022, after claiming she stole 500,000 yuan (US$69,000) from them in a financial dispute.
Lau Kwok-kei, 39, and Zafar Tai Tin-ho, 32, appeared at the District Court on Thursday to be sentenced over a joint count of false imprisonment.
Two teenage accomplices, waiter So Wai-tin, 19, and student Yu Chung-yan, 17, were also in court for sentencing.
The four defendants earlier admitted abducting Kam Ka-yu, to whom Lau had transferred money for an investment, in broad daylight near a bus stop outside Stanley Prison on December 17, 2022.
The court heard the group had waited in a van, looking to ambush Kam who was on her way to visit her boyfriend, an inmate of the prison.
Defence lawyers earlier told the court Lau and Tai had sent 500,000 yuan to Kam’s account, but the bank allegedly froze the money.
