Man sentenced to life for killing Hong Kong worker found hanged in cell
- Man discovered inside Stanley Prison cell at 8.44pm on Sunday
A 32-year-old man sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Hong Kong convenience store worker over two cans of beer worth HK$31 (US$4) in 2019 has died after he was found hanged in a maximum-security jail.
The former sailor was discovered by a correctional officer inside his one-person cell at Stanley Prison at 8.44pm on Sunday.
A source familiar with the case said on Monday the man was checked up on about 15 minutes earlier and everything seemed normal.
“The person in custody has committed suicide by hanging with a bedsheet tied to the window grille bars of his cell,” the Correctional Services Department said.
The officer immediately called for reinforcement to provide first aid and for an ambulance to send the man to a public hospital, it added.
He was subsequently certified dead at 10.06pm.
In February last year, a nine-member High Court jury unanimously convicted the man, who claimed he fatally assaulted 61-year-old Tang Chung-keung under provocation on December 28, 2019.
