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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, where the body was found encased in freshly-poured cement on Tuesday night.
Sources said the investigation showed the tenant, in his 20s, had fled the city after he allegedly told his friend he had killed someone.
“The others include men and women and are believed to be his friends,” said a source with knowledge of the investigation on Wednesday.
The victim has not yet been identified, but clothes found on the body matched those worn by Cheung Man-li, 28, who was reported missing by his girlfriend on March 6.
Officers of the missing persons unit had checked Cheung’s phone records, leading them to the flat. Photo: Edward Wong
Security camera footage showed Cheung was last seen entering the Tsuen Wan industrial building with his friend – the flat’s tenant – on March 4, according to another source. Cheung was unemployed and lived in North Point.
It was understood that bags of cement were also moved into the building before Cheung was reported missing.
The grisly details began to emerge on Tuesday when officers from the Hong Kong Island regional missing persons unit checked Cheung’s phone records and discovered that the tenant was one of the last people he had been in contact with.
With the help of a locksmith, police broke into the industrial unit, which was also used as a residential flat, on Tuesday evening.
A strong odour was detected from a wooden box measuring about one metre long, one metre wide and half a metre tall at the centre of the flat. The box was filled with cement.
Inside the flat, all the windows were closed and the air-conditioners were running. There were dozens of used air freshener canisters nearby and camphor tablets were also found in the unit.
Working with forensic pathologists, firefighters needed more than two hours to crack open the cement cube with tools. The male body was found inside the cube.
It took more than two hours to crack open the cement cube in which the male body was found. Photo: SCMP Pictures
In the early hours of Wednesday, police arrested a man, 24, in Tsuen Wan, as well as a girl, 16, and a man, 21, in Sau Mau Ping. The three were arrested for conspiracy to commit murder.
As of mid-day Wednesday, they were still being held for questioning and had not been charged.
Police said a post-mortem examination would be carried out to ascertain the cause of the death and that a DNA test would be conducted to confirm the man’s identity.
Investigation by the Tsuen Wan district crime squad was continuing. Police appealed to witnesses to contact officers on 6101 0301.
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 wooden pieces before tape was wrapped outside,” a source with knowledge of the investigation said.
Money dispute suspected: three arrested after Hong Kong police find decomposed body in cement-filled box
Police believe cement powder was poured inside this makeshift box before a mixture of cement and water was added to form a block one metre long, one metre wide and half a metre tall.
It took firefighters several hours to crack open the cement and retrieve the badly decomposed body on Tuesday night.
Cheung’s girlfriend, 26, who had earlier reported him missing, was picked up by officers at her home in North Point on Wednesday, the source said. A 26-year-old man, whose staff card was found in the flat where the body was discovered, was nabbed in Ngau Tau Kok on Wednesday night.
The latest arrests were made hours after police picked up another three suspects – two men and one teenage girl – in connection with the case. All five Hongkongers, aged 16 to 26, were arrested for conspiracy to commit murder. As of 1pm on Thursday, the suspects were still being held for questioning and had not been charged.
Cheung was last seen entering the Fui Yiu Kok Street industrial building in Tsuen Wan on March 4. His body was found in a ninth-floor industrial unit which was being used as a residential flat occupied by a 27-year-old man and his girlfriend. The pair were Cheung’s friends.
Security camera footage from March 4 showed a trolley loaded with bags of cement being pushed into the building by a man in his 20s.
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According to police, the victim has not yet been identified, but clothes found on the body matched those worn by Cheung.
Police are still hunting for the two tenants of the flat and the man who delivered the cement.
“Initial investigations indicate the male tenant and his girlfriend had fled Hong Kong in the middle of this month,” another source said, adding that the pair had allegedly left for Taiwan.
The source said officers had to discuss the case with colleagues from the force’s liaison bureau before deciding on whether they should seek help from the Taiwanese authorities.
While Hong Kong has signed agreements for the surrender of fugitive offenders with countries such as the United States, Britain and India, it still has no formal extradition agreement with mainland China, or with Taiwan or Macau.
The grisly details of the case first emerged on Tuesday when officers from the Hong Kong Island regional missing persons unit checked Cheung’s phone records and discovered that the Tsuen Wan flat’s tenant was one of the last people he had been in contact with.
