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Lo Hoi-ying

A Hong Kong man accused of killing his three-year-old daughter by shaking her to death had a history of domestic violence and made her kneel as a punishment for not learning enough English vocabulary, a court has heard.
Testifying at the High Court on Tuesday, Helen Leung, the mother of deceased Leung Nga-sze, said defendant Lau Kai-ping, 42, was harsh when educating their daughter.
“The accused would make our daughter learn more English vocabulary or force her to sing more English songs. She would sometimes refuse and cry,” Leung, 41, said before Madam Justice Anna Lai Yuen-kee.
“If she refused again, [Lau] would scold her and make her stand facing the wall. Once, he made her kneel in front of the altar.”
Lau, Leung and their daughter lived with Lau’s parents for a month when she was around 2 ½ years old.
While her grandparents doted on her, Leung said the couple would fight over Lau’s disciplinary methods.
“I find him too harsh. She was only 2½ years old and already very smart as she knew so much English vocabulary,” she said.
“I could not stand the defendant’s scolding, so one day I decided to move out with my daughter.”
During the trial, Leung choked up multiple times when she recounted the defendant’s alleged abuse and when she saw photographs of the Sham Shui Po flat where the girl died.
She described her daughter as lively and positive, and able to adapt despite her environment changing multiple times due to the family’s complicated situation.
“She loved to sing and draw and read,” Leung recounted.




Two weeks after Leung gave birth, Lau attacked her with corrosive liquid during a fight, resulting in chemical burns to 4.5 per cent of her body, including her legs, face, back, forearms and right knee. She spent more than a month in hospital recovering.
Lau was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm and served a 20-month prison sentence. Under a child protection order, he was not allowed contact with his daughter.
Given the domestic violence, the girl was placed in a foster home until she turned two years old.
Despite the order, the mother allowed Lau to visit their daughter, and the defendant later stayed with the mother and child at the flat for two months until the alleged murder.
Lau is accused of killing his daughter by violently shaking her to death in July 2020.
Lau has denied murdering his daughter, although he earlier pleaded guilty to manslaughter, which the prosecution did not accept.
On Monday, prosecutors said medical experts would testify that the toddler’s injuries were highly characteristic of shaken baby syndrome.
Leung also said the accused was physical with her during her pregnancy when she was living with him and his family.
The couple quarrelled regularly and the accused would constantly accuse Leung of cheating on him despite her being pregnant, the court heard. Leung denied she was unfaithful.
He first tried to hit her while fighting over the issue but was pulled away by his family members, she said.
“His temper was bad and he was unreasonable and made everything my fault,” Leung said
She said Lau brought her into a room, away from his family, and punched her a few times during another fight.
She later moved out of his home for the rest of the pregnancy but allowed his company in the week leading up to their child’s birth.
After giving birth to their child prematurely, Leung said she did not dare visit her daughter in hospital for two weeks for fear of running into Lau, after he requested to have sex with her right after the delivery.
But she still ran into him at hospital when she visited her daughter for the first time, she said, adding they fought and he broke her mobile phone.
He then attacked her with corrosive liquid. However, Leung said she forgave him and pleaded to the court on his behalf.
When asked by prosecutor Human Lam Hiu-man why she still stayed with the defendant despite his abuse, Leung said she was carrying his child and decided that she should be with him.
“I wanted to prove that I was not cheating on him. His mother also asked me for forgiveness so I gave him a chance,” she said.
“I like him a lot. If not, I would not tolerate all that.”


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Hong Kong father accused of killing daughter had history of violence, court hears

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Lau Kai-ping forced girl to stand facing wall and kneel if she refused to study harder, court hears