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Harvey Kong

A man allegedly attacked a domestic helper with a box cutter at a public housing estate in Tsing Yi before falling to his death from the building, Hong Kong police said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred on Monday night at Leung Fat House in the Cheung Fat Estate. A resident contacted police at 9.40pm and told them that the helper had allegedly been attacked by a 31-year-old man, after which she had returned to her flat.
After officers arrived at the scene, the 47-year-old woman was taken to Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung to treat injuries to her hands and face.
Police then received another report that the man had been found on the building’s terrace.

“After an initial investigation, it is believed that the suspect fell from a corridor in the building,” the force said.
“The suspect was taken to Princess Margaret Hospital for treatment while in an unconscious state, and was later certified dead.”
Police said no suicide note was found at the scene, and the man’s cause of death would be determined by an autopsy.
According to a source, the man had lived with his mother for more than 20 years and had a history of mental illness, having been diagnosed with panic disorder, anxiety and schizophrenia.
He added that the man had attended follow-up consultations at public hospitals.
The victim said she did not know the man well, stating that she only knew him as her neighbour.
Psychiatrist Dr Ivan Mak Wing-chit said violent tendencies were relatively more common with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia.
“A lot of the time, the risk of violent tendencies is related to some factors. For instance, in terms of symptoms, most commonly we see [individuals] will have delusions of being persecuted or auditory hallucinations that someone is talking about them or trying to hurt them,” he said.
Mak said the most important factor was that usually these individuals were unaware that they had mental health conditions.
“If they don’t have a good insight into their condition, if they hear auditory hallucinations, they will think they are real. If they have delusions, they will think they are real,” he said, adding that poor medication compliance and substance abuse were also potential risk factors.
However, Mak noted that violent behaviour was uncommon.
“Society needs to keep helping these mental illness patients, they need to have a clear understanding and not discriminate against these individuals,” he said.
“This is an important direction for society to ensure that they can get the treatment they need as soon as possible.”
Authorities should provide more funding and resources to case managers, while also offering frontline staff training to identify potential issues before they happened, he said.
It was the second knife-related incident to be recorded in the past few days.
Police earlier arrested a 31-year-old homeless man a day after he allegedly attacked two park-goers in To Kwa Wan, leaving both critically injured.
One of the victims suffered about 10 wounds to his neck, chest, back and arms, while his companion had injuries to the neck and shoulders.


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Man, 31, found on terrace of Cheung Fat Estate building in Tsing Yi, after allegedly attacking domestic helper with box cutter


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Man, 31, found on terrace of Cheung Fat Estate building in Tsing Yi, after allegedly attacking domestic helper with box cutter