HONG KONG, OCT 30 — A foreign man living in Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a Southeast Asian woman at a waterfall in a park in the Chinese province.
The woman, aged about 25, was a domestic worker in Hong Kong but did not work for the suspect, police superintendent Sin Kwok-ming told reporters yesterday.
The woman went to a waterfall inside a park in Pok Fu Lam on Hong Kong Island on Sunday night with the suspect, but the man rushed away alone in a taxi after being there for about half an hour, police said.
On Monday morning, residents saw the woman’s body floating in the pool below the waterfall, Sin said.
A preliminary autopsy showed the woman suffocated after being hit on the head with an unspecified hard object. Sin said the woman suffered injuries to her head and limbs.
The suspect and his wife, a Hong Kong national, had already traveled to mainland China before being arrested after returning to the city yesterday, Sin said. The man was arrested on suspicion of murder and his wife was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
The man held a Hong Kong identity card, but police did not say which country he or the victim was from.
“We found so many unreasonable things about the arrested man. He did not report to the police and immediately left Hong Kong after the incident. Some evidence related to it has also disappeared,” said Sin.
The investigation continues. The man and his wife remain in custody and have not been charged as of this morning, police said.
“This case involves a person’s life, and we take this matter seriously. We will carefully uncover every detail to uncover the truth and bring justice to the deceased,” said Sin. – AP
