Suspect in 2009 acid attack on prosecutor in Hong Kong custody after seven years on the run
Hongkonger is second in six days sought by local police and handed over by mainland authorities after arrest over the border
A suspected triad member wanted in connection with a 2009 acid attack on a Hong Kong prosecutor was handed over to Hong Kong police by their mainland counterparts on Monday.
The 41-year-old Hongkonger surnamed Chim, who spent about seven years on the run, was escorted from a detention centre in Shenzhen before being handed over to officers from the liaison bureau and the organised crime and triad bureau at the Huanggang-Lok Ma Chau border crossing at about 3pm Monday.
His return marked the second time in six days that a suspect wanted by Hong Kong police was sent back to the city after being arrested on the mainland.
Last Wednesday, another Hong Kong resident, 29, accused of murdering Dragonair flight attendant Arbe Chan Man-yin in 2013, was sent back to the city.
Between 2013 and last year, four suspects wanted by police were sent back to the city after being nabbed on the mainland.
Police placed Chim on its wanted list after the acid attack and asked mainland authorities to help track him down. He was nabbed last November in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.