International crime group wanted Hong Kong man killed or dismembered, body-in-cement murder trial hears
From police interview with third defendant, High Court hears about botched attempts to rob victim with spiked drink and a public toilet ambush, after crime group “There” allegedly put a US$20 million price tag on him
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 [him].”
The panel of seven jurors had earlier seen police interviews with Tsang, 28, and Lau, 23.
Cheung, who lived with Tsang and Lau in a Tsuen Wan flat, where they allegedly killed 28-year-old Cheung Man-li – known as Ah J – said a fourth housemate, Ho Ling-yu, suggested chopping the victim’s body into pieces and putting the parts into urns before filling them with cement.