$187,000 reward on mainland to find killers of HK-listed firm's boss

Mainland police are offering a reward of up to 200,000 yuan (HK$187,600) to track down the killers of a Hong Kong-listed company vice-president and his family in Fujian.

Hengan International Group of Companies vice-president Wu Shijie, 49, his wife and two daughters were found tied and gagged at his company dormitory where they lived in Anhai town, Jinjiang city, on Monday.

Initial reports suggested all windows at the scene were closed and the gas was turned on. The victims had suffocated.

Wu's son died in a car accident last year. His daughter-in-law was said to have returned to her home a few days before the murders.

Investigators believed there were at least two or three killers.

The group's Hong Kong office said it was shocked and saddened by the death of Wu who was also one of the company's directors.

It said the company had contacted Wu's family members and would assist in co-ordinating the funeral.