Hong Kong woman, 54, held on suspicion of killing husband, 65, after property argument
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 26 March, 2015, 1:25pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 26 March, 2015, 1:26pm
Clifford Lo [email protected]
Officers were called to the Kai Tin Estate in the early hours of this morning. Photo: SCMP Pictures
A 54-year-old Hong Kong woman was arrested today on suspicion of killing her 65-year-old husband after an argument about property in the early hours of this morning.
Detectives seized three wooden chairs from the couple’s flat at Kai Yan House on the Kai Tin Estate to establish whether the furniture was used to attack the retired decoration worker.
The incident happened shortly before 1am when the couple had a heated argument over the management of a property in mainland China.
Their three grown-up children – one son and two daughters – mediated the dispute and separated the pair, according to police. The man then went to his bedroom.
“About 10 minutes later, he was found unconscious and kneeling on the floor inside the bedroom,” a police source said.
One of his two daughters, aged 29, alerted police at 1.07am.
The elderly man was taken unconscious to United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong, where he was declared dead at about 2am.
“Investigations indicated that the man was hit in the head during the dispute with his wife,” the source said. “An initial examination found an injury in the back of his head.”
He said police were still investigating what was used to attack the elderly man.
Police originally treated the case as “person collapse”. After investigation, it was reclassified as murder before 11am.
Officers arrested the victim’s wife at Kwun Tong police station when she was helping police inquiries, according to police.
The source said an autopsy would be carried out to establish the cause of the death tomorrow.
At noon, the woman was still being held for questioning at Kwun Tong police station. No charge has been laid.
Detectives from the Kwun Tong district crime squad are investigating.
According to police figures, 27 homicide reports were filed last year. There were 62 homicide cases in 2013, including 39 deaths in the 2012 Lamma ferry tragedy. There were 27 killings reported in 2012 and 17 in 2011.
