https://www.scmp.com/rss/322471/feed The body of Cheung Man-li was found in a cement-filled box in a flat in April 2016 in Hong Kong after his girlfriend reported him missing weeks prior. A local police investigation led them to coordinate with authorities in Taiwan. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A Hong Kong judge has questioned what went wrong with the city’s education or core values as he sentenced two young men to 17 years in prison for causing the chilling death of a man whose body was found encased in cement. Mr Justice Patrick Li Hon-leung on Monday jailed Keith Lau, 24, and Cheung Sin-hang, 27, concluding what he described as a “horrible incident” with a “troubling” background, revealed in earlier testimony on how the pair came under the wing of 30-year-old swindler Tsang... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3042318/hong-kong-body-cement-killers-get-17-years-each?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3042318/hong-kong-body-cement-killers-get-17-years-each?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Dec 2019 10:48:55 +0000 A Hong Kong man on trial for the alleged murder of his business partner, whose body was found encased in cement, has admitted to injecting the victim with alcohol – but said he was only following instructions from his co-defendant. Testifying for the first day in the High Court, Tsang Cheung-yan, 30, on Thursday said it was his flatmate and co-defendant Keith Lau, 24, who came up with the idea of robbing his 28-year-old business partner Cheung Man-li, nicknamed Ah J. Tsang said that when he woke... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3036809/hong-kong-body-cement-murder-suspect-says-he-was-only?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3036809/hong-kong-body-cement-murder-suspect-says-he-was-only?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:37:43 +0000 The murder trial of three Hong Kong housemates accused of burying their victim in cement was dramatically halted and the jury dismissed on Thursday morning after the judge fell ill. It meant the trial, which was into its 27th day, would have to be rescheduled and start from scratch before a new jury. The first hint at this turn of events came when Madam Justice Anthea Pang Po-kam turned up at Courtroom 27 of the High Court instead of the presiding judge, Mr Justice Patrick Li Hon-leung, even... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2146506/jurors-hong-kong-body-cement-murder-trial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2146506/jurors-hong-kong-body-cement-murder-trial?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 May 2018 03:47:54 +0000 Former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying was on a made-up bounty list that surfaced during the trial of three housemates accused of murdering their acquaintance and burying his body in cement, a court heard on Monday. But the life of the city’s former chief executive was worth just US$100,000 – 200 times less than the bounty put on the head of the murder victim, Cheung Man-li, alias “Ah J”, the High Court heard. The details emerged as one of the accused, Tsang Cheung-yan, continued his testimony,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2146087/hong-kongs-former-leader-leung-chun-ying-was-body-cement?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2146087/hong-kongs-former-leader-leung-chun-ying-was-body-cement?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 May 2018 12:28:55 +0000 The first defendant to take the witness box in Hong Kong’s body-in-cement murder trial told the court on Thursday “no one believed” in an international crime group offering a bounty of US$20 million to kill the victim. Tsang Cheung-yan told the High Court the group, which had an imaginary hit list including the Pope, then US president Barack Obama and other world leaders as well as the victim and Tsang himself, was just a fantasy crafted with friends to discuss crimes they would not dare to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2145539/international-crime-group-offered-us20?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2145539/international-crime-group-offered-us20?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 May 2018 08:15:45 +0000 A Hong Kong man accused of killing a man and entombing the body in cement repented in a tearful police interview, saying he was under the influence of his two co-defendants, a court heard on Thursday. Their manipulation led not only to him cutting ties with his mother, but eventually to the alleged murder, he said, in a recording played in court. During the interview, Cheung Sin-hang, 26, said he had aspired to be a police officer before he fell in with his housemates, Tsang Cheung-yan and Keith... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2144589/i-was-under-influence-my-flatmates-says-man?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2144589/i-was-under-influence-my-flatmates-says-man?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 May 2018 23:15:23 +0000 A man who was encased in a concrete coffin knew too much about an international crime group and “had to be deleted”, a Hong Kong court heard on Wednesday. In a police interview played in court, defendant Cheung Sin-hang, 26, said his co-accused Tsang Cheung-yan claimed he belonged to a group called “There” that had put a US$20 million price tag on the victim, Cheung Man-li – who was also a member of the group. A third man accused of the murder, Keith Lau, said: “There is no reason not to kill... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2144403/international-crime-group-there-wanted-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2144403/international-crime-group-there-wanted-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 May 2018 22:30:47 +0000 One of the three Hong Kong flatmates accused of murdering an acquaintance and concealing his body in a concrete coffin said it was “unfair” that he was separated from the other two after they were arrested in Taiwan, the High Court heard on Friday. In a recorded interview with Hong Kong police, Keith Lau, 23, said Taiwanese immigration officers isolated him from Tsang Cheung-yan, 28, and Cheung Sin-hang, 26, after they were detained in Taiwan and waited to be returned to Hong Kong for a murder... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2143764/man-accused-body-cement-murder-complained?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2143764/man-accused-body-cement-murder-complained?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Apr 2018 12:57:35 +0000 Three Hong Kong men accused of murdering an acquaintance and fusing him in a “concrete coffin” considered fleeing to Australia but thought the long travel time would increase their chances of being arrested, the High Court heard on Thursday. Instead the trio, Keith Lau, Tsang Cheung-yan, and Cheung Sin-hang, fled to Taiwan after the death of Cheung Man-li. Lau told the police after his arrest that he and his co-defendants took flight time to Australia into account when they made their plan to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2143568/hong-kong-murder-accused-considered-fleeing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2143568/hong-kong-murder-accused-considered-fleeing?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Apr 2018 12:30:00 +0000 One of three men accused of murdering an acquaintance and encasing his body in cement had suggested breaking into a safe belonging to the deceased to steal HK$10 million (US$1.3 million), a Hong Kong court heard on Wednesday. Keith Lau, 23, one of the suspects, told police in an interview that his accomplice Tsang Cheung-yan, 28, made the suggestion after they allegedly murdered Cheung Man-li, 28, in their flat on March 4, 2016. Lau’s account to authorities, which was presented to a seven-member... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2143341/body-cement-murder-suspect-planned-break-victims-safe-steal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2143341/body-cement-murder-suspect-planned-break-victims-safe-steal?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Apr 2018 23:32:19 +0000 One of three flatmates accused of murdering an acquaintance and burying his body in cement said he tried to talk the other two into handing themselves in to police, a Hong Kong court heard on Tuesday. But Tsang Cheung-yan’s attempts to get them all to surrender did not come until after he had agreed with Keith Lau and Cheung Sin-hang to use “whatever ways they wanted” to dispose of the body, the High Court heard. “I will help,” Tsang told them in regards to the disposal.  The three men, Tsang,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2143150/man-told-police-he-urged-flatmates-hand-themselves-over?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2143150/man-told-police-he-urged-flatmates-hand-themselves-over?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Apr 2018 23:34:05 +0000 Three flatmates accused of murder considered eating their victim before finally settling on encasing his body in cement, a Hong Kong court heard on Monday. One of the defendants, Tsang Cheung-yan, also claimed his co-accused, Keith Lau, was the “mastermind” of the crime, from conceiving a plan to rob their victim – who Lau considered a “foe” – to choosing the method of disposal of the remains and planning an escape to Taiwan.  The revelations were contained in a video interview police conducted... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2142993/suspects-talked-about-eating-body-cement-murder-victim-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2142993/suspects-talked-about-eating-body-cement-murder-victim-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:30:42 +0000 The body of a man allegedly murdered and buried in cement was in the fetal position and full of deep cuts when discovered, a Hong Kong court heard on Friday. Testifying in the High Court, forensic pathologist Dr Poon Wai-ming said traces of a chemical similar to chloroform – which depresses the nervous system – were found in the liver of Cheung Man-li, 28, during a postmortem examination. Some of the cuts on Cheung’s body were so deep they penetrated his heart and left lung. But Poon, who... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2142642/hong-kong-body-cement-trial-hears-grim-recovery-corpse?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2142642/hong-kong-body-cement-trial-hears-grim-recovery-corpse?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Apr 2018 08:38:55 +0000 One of three men accused of killing an acquaintance and burying him in cement confessed to the murder, while another hinted he’d done “something very wrong”, a Hong Kong court heard on Wednesday. Salesman Cheung Yik-huen told the High Court he received calls from one of the accused, Tsang Cheung-yan, after he and his two co-defendants had fled to Taiwan following the murder of Cheung Man-li in 2016. The defendant said he and others had “powed” someone, Cheung recalled, which he understood to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2142327/salesman-testifies-accused-told-him-about-hong-kong-body?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2142327/salesman-testifies-accused-told-him-about-hong-kong-body?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Apr 2018 23:32:01 +0000 A young Hong Kong woman granted immunity to testify against three flatmates charged with killing their acquaintance and encasing his body in cement admitted on Tuesday that she too had talked about killing the man and wanted a share of the US$30 million (HK$234 million) reward. Ho Ling-yu, 20, made the shock admission while being cross-examined by one of the defence counsels in the High Court murder trial. The defendant-turned-prosecution witness on Tuesday initially denied having discussed the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2142145/witness-admits-talking-about-killing-man-and-collecting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2142145/witness-admits-talking-about-killing-man-and-collecting?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:17:35 +0000 The young woman testifying against three men charged with killing their acquaintance and encasing his body in cement was on Monday accused by a defence lawyer of changing her witness statement under police influence. Defence counsel Keith Oderberg, acting for one of the defendants, Keith Lau, said Ho Ling-yu initially told police it was Lau’s co-accused, Tsang Cheung-yan, who prepared a pair of chloroform-soaked panties used in the alleged murder. Woman in Hong Kong body-in-cement murder trial... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2141982/witness-hong-kong-body-cement-murder-trial-changed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2141982/witness-hong-kong-body-cement-murder-trial-changed?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:00:22 +0000 A young woman was tipped off that one of her three flatmates accused of the “body-in-cement” murder also wanted to “sell her off” – kill her – a Hong Kong court heard on Friday. The revelation came from a transcript of a police interview with the woman, Ho Ling-yu, 20. One of the trio had warned Ho about another flatmate’s plans after the defendants forced her to flee with them to Taiwan, according to the transcript read out in a High Court trial that has seen the three co-accused pitting... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2141687/woman-hong-kong-body-cement-murder-trial-was-tipped-about?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2141687/woman-hong-kong-body-cement-murder-trial-was-tipped-about?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:55:56 +0000 A young woman feared she and her boyfriend could be next after her three flatmates killed a man and encased his body in cement, she tearfully told a Hong Kong court on Thursday. Ho Ling-yu, 20, said that in the days after the alleged murder a slab of cement turned up in her living room, she heard “stone grinding and scratching” sounds and, before long, the stench of blood filled the air. The men later forced her to go to Taiwan with them, she said. Ho was testifying against Tsang Cheung-yan, 28,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2141438/witness-hong-kong-body-cement-murder-trial-did-not-go?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2141438/witness-hong-kong-body-cement-murder-trial-did-not-go?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:03:30 +0000 The housemate of three men on trial for murdering their acquaintance and encasing his body in cement said on Wednesday she saw two of them google locations to kill and bury Cheung Man-li. Testifying at the High Court on the second day of the trial, Ho Ling-yu also recalled how several months before the alleged murder, the trio held meetings to discuss the killing.  She said one of the men, Tsang Cheung-yan, told the others they could get a “reward” of US$30 million for doing so, though... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2141281/witness-body-cement-murder-trial-saw-defendants-do-google?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2141281/witness-body-cement-murder-trial-saw-defendants-do-google?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Apr 2018 09:30:32 +0000 Cheung Man-li was a 28-year-old man poised to buy his first home with his girlfriend when had his life brutally cut short on March 4, 2016. His body was fused into a slab of concrete in a private residence in Tsuen Wan. The trial of three men accused of murdering Cheung began on Tuesday, a little more than two years after his death, with prosecutors alleging that Tsang Cheung-yan, 28, Keith Lau, 23, and Cheung Sin-hang, 25, killed him together at a flat the three shared. But who actually... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2141162/who-really-killed-hong-kongs-body-cement-murder-victim?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2141162/who-really-killed-hong-kongs-body-cement-murder-victim?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Apr 2018 01:32:08 +0000 Three men plotted to kill an acquaintance and then buried his body in blood-spattered cement, prosecutors told the High Court on Tuesday. The allegations were made on the first day of the trial of Tsang Cheung-yan, 28, Keith Lau, 23, and Cheung Sin-hang, 25, who are charged with conspiring to murder Cheung Man-li in 2016. The trio have all pleaded guilty to one joint count of preventing the lawful burial of Cheung Man-li’s body. Prosecutor Richard Turnbull told the court the trio covered Cheung... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2141128/high-court-trial-begins-hong-kong-trio-charged-body-cement?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2141128/high-court-trial-begins-hong-kong-trio-charged-body-cement?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:15:45 +0000 Authorities have cracked down on the building where the grisly body-in-cement murder took place over illegal land use allegations. The Building Department and the Lands Department took joint action on Friday against a unit owner of DAN6, an industrial building in Tsuen Wan, after the owner allegedly used the flat for domestic purposes. The Lands Department stressed DAN6 could only be used for industrial or godown purposes. Officials served statutory orders to the unit’s owner, requesting the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1942071/owner-building-body-cement-murder-case-rapped-over-illegal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1942071/owner-building-body-cement-murder-case-rapped-over-illegal?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 May 2016 01:00:29 +0000 Three defendants in the body-in-cement murder case have been remanded in custody and will reappear in court on June 23. Tsang Cheung-yan, 26, Keith Lau, 21, and Cheung Sin-hang, 23, reappeared in Tsuen Wan Court on Tuesday morning to face a conspiracy murder charge. It was alleged that on March 4 they conspired, confederated and agreed with Ho Ling-yu to murder Cheung Man-li, 28, at Flat 9D of industrial building DAN 6 on Fui Yiu Kok Street in Tsuen Wan. Confessions in Hong Kong cement murder:... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1937017/no-bail-three-defendants-hong-kong-body-cement-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1937017/no-bail-three-defendants-hong-kong-body-cement-case?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Apr 2016 02:45:00 +0000 It is fundamental to our legal system that suspects in serious crime are brought to justice as quickly as possible according to due process. This can become problematic when they flee to another jurisdiction and there is no formal agreement under which fugitives from justice may be apprehended and returned after a proper hearing. The most recent case is that of three suspects in the “body-in-cement” investigation who fled to Taiwan, with which Hong Kong has no reciprocal mechanism for returning... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1936996/hong-kong-and-taiwan-should-come-fair-transparent-mechanism?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1936996/hong-kong-and-taiwan-should-come-fair-transparent-mechanism?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:14:56 +0000 More details surrounding the body-in-cement murder case emerged on Friday as Tsuen Wan Court heard the alleged murderers confessed to covering the victim’s mouth and nose with chloroform and administering an injection to at least one of his inner thighs. The revelation came as three more defendants – Tsang Cheung-yan, 26, Keith Lau, 21, and Cheung Sin-hang, 23 – were brought to court to face a conspiracy murder charge. It was alleged that on March 4 they conspired, confederated and agreed with... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1936142/confessions-hong-kong-cement-murder-victim-forced-breathe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1936142/confessions-hong-kong-cement-murder-victim-forced-breathe?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Apr 2016 06:46:09 +0000 Taiwan authorities expressed hope over establishing a formal crime-fighting mechanism with Hong Kong following the recent transfer of three suspects in the body-in-cement murder case from the island to the city. Legal scholars in Hong Kong, however, had differing views on how likely such a system could be implemented, while a well-placed Taiwan official told the Post that Hong Kong’s lukewarm response to the idea thus far was a far cry from the close relations the respective law enforcement... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1936127/taiwan-hopes-more-formal-crime-fighting-measures-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1936127/taiwan-hopes-more-formal-crime-fighting-measures-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Apr 2016 04:59:25 +0000 The victim of the grisly body-in-cement murder was found with a plastic bag and pillowcase wrapped around his head, and strings and ropes tied around his body. These details emerged on Thursday as the Tsuen Wan Court also heard a defendant admitting under caution that she discussed the murder with others. Waitress Ho Ling-yu, 18, was not required to make a plea over one count of conspiracy murder on her first court appearance before acting principal magistrate Cheang Kei-hong. ‘Dad, I love you’:... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1935870/revealed-court-body-cement-murder-victim-was-tied-plastic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1935870/revealed-court-body-cement-murder-victim-was-tied-plastic?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Apr 2016 04:00:00 +0000 A suspect in the grisly body-in-cement murder case, one of four brought back to Hong Kong from Taiwan, was taken to the scene of the crime by police on Wednesday afternoon. Officers began a re-enactment shortly after 3pm, when the 18-year-old woman was driven to the DAN 6 industrial building on Fui Yiu Kok Street in Tsuen Wan. The suspect was hooded and handcuffed when she got out of an unmarked police car and was escorted into the building at 3.10pm. ‘Dad, I love you’: friends of body-in-cement... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1935731/body-cement-murder-hong-kong-police-take-female-suspect-18?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1935731/body-cement-murder-hong-kong-police-take-female-suspect-18?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Apr 2016 08:00:15 +0000 The unprecedented transfer of the three suspects wanted for the body-in-cement murder case could pave the way for a mutual legal assistance agreement between Taiwan and Hong Kong, Taiwan’s National Immigration Agency told the Post yesterday. “We certainly hope a mechanism could be set up as soon as possible but it is the administration that decides on such matters,” Hsu Chien-lin, chief of the agency’s public affairs division, told the Post, alluding to the existing mutual legal assistance... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1935726/transfer-body-cement-murder-suspects-could-pave-way-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1935726/transfer-body-cement-murder-suspects-could-pave-way-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Apr 2016 06:45:15 +0000 A heartwarming video has emerged online, showing the 28-year-old victim of a gruesome murder at a happier time. Wearing a navy sweater, khaki pants and rimless spectacles, Cheung Man-li was seen chatting with a group of friends at a casual dinner in the four-and-a-half-minute clip. Titled “Pay by Love”, the video ends with Cheung being asked to pay for the meal, not with cash or a credit card, but by calling his parents and telling them “something important”. “Hey, Dad,” Cheung said to kick... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1935720/dad-i-love-you-friends-body-cement-murder-victim-mourn-him?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1935720/dad-i-love-you-friends-body-cement-murder-victim-mourn-him?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Apr 2016 06:30:00 +0000 Three fugitives wanted over the grisly ‘body-in-cement’ murder were back in Hong Kong police custody last night after a joint operation between agencies in the city and Taiwan. The men – aged 20, 23 and 26 – are accused of fleeing Hong Kong after the decomposing remains of jobless man Cheung Man-li, 28, were discovered encased in cement inside a box in a Tsuen Wan factory unit last month. Their return – in the absence of any formal extradition or surrender agreement between the two places – is a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1935405/taiwan-no-typhoon-shelter-body-cement-murder-suspects-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1935405/taiwan-no-typhoon-shelter-body-cement-murder-suspects-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Apr 2016 05:18:47 +0000 A young woman suspected of involvement in the body-in-cement murder case who fled to Taiwan last month returned to Hong Kong on Monday night and was promptly arrested in the first coordinated law enforcement effort of its kind since 1997. The initiative was the first time since the handover that a suspect wanted by Hong Kong authorities was sent back to the city from Taiwan, a veteran local policeman said. Three men who had fled with the woman to Taiwan were sent back to the city early... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1935264/breakthrough-body-cement-murder-case-taiwan-sends-back?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1935264/breakthrough-body-cement-murder-case-taiwan-sends-back?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:15:00 +0000 Taiwan may deploy a special task force to ask the main suspect linked to the body-in-the-cement murder case in Hong Kong to leave after his visa expires on Monday, Taiwanese authorities told local media on Sunday. But a spokesman for the National Immigration Agency in Taiwan told local newspaper United Daily News on Sunday that the Hongkonger could not be treated as a suspect in the murder case because the relevant authorities in Taiwan had yet to receive any warrant notification from Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1935074/special-taiwan-task-force-may-be-set-deal-expulsion-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1935074/special-taiwan-task-force-may-be-set-deal-expulsion-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Apr 2016 13:45:45 +0000 Four Hongkongers under Taiwanese police surveillance for their alleged connection to the body-in-cement murder might be expelled this week if the situation allows, Taiwan media reported on Sunday. The National Police Agency in Taiwan earlier located the group – who are suspects in the case in which a decomposing body was found encased in cement – in a Taipei hotel. The victim’s identity has not been confirmed, but he is believed to be 28-year-old Cheung Man-li, who was reported missing last... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1933441/cement-box-murder-four-suspects-who-fled-hong-kong-taipei?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1933441/cement-box-murder-four-suspects-who-fled-hong-kong-taipei?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Apr 2016 02:30:15 +0000 Three suspects in the murder of a man whose body was cemented in a box in a Tsuen Wan flat fled for Taiwan nearly three weeks before his decomposing corpse was found. A source with knowledge of the investigation said Hong Kong police had sought help from their Taiwanese counterparts, but the case is complicated by the absence of an extradition treaty between the two sides. Grenville Cross, a former director of public prosecutions, said the lack of a formalised mechanism was a huge obstacle to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1932876/suspects-hong-kong-body-cement-murder-beyond-reach-police?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1932876/suspects-hong-kong-body-cement-murder-beyond-reach-police?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Apr 2016 09:00:30 +0000 In a new twist to the case of the decomposing body found in a cement-filled box, the girlfriend of the missing man thought to be the victim has been arrested in connection with the murder, the Post has learnt. Officers investigating the gruesome discovery believe Cheung Man-li, 28, who was reported missing on March 6, was killed when he went to a Tsuen Wan industrial unit to demand the payment of a HK$1 million debt on March 4. “We believe the body was placed on a mattress and fenced with four... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1932307/new-twist-cement-murder-case-hong-kong-police-arrest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1932307/new-twist-cement-murder-case-hong-kong-police-arrest?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Mar 2016 07:00:15 +0000 A money dispute was the suspected motive behind the killing of a 28-year-old man whose decomposed body was uncovered encased in a cement-filled box in Hong Kong, the Post has learnt. Police are searching for at least five people in relation to the gruesome death, following the arrest of three individuals in the early hours of Wednesday. One of the five Hongkongers wanted in connection with the killing was understood to be the male tenant of a Fui Yiu Kok Street industrial unit in Tsuen Wan,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1931657/money-dispute-suspected-three-arrested-after-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1931657/money-dispute-suspected-three-arrested-after-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:15:15 +0000