Hong Kong man arrested for allegedly trying to kill wife, 3 daughters had business problems, police say
- Insider says police are investigating whether man drugged wife, three teenage daughters before burning charcoal in flat
The man’s wife, 44, called police at 6.17am on Wednesday to report that signs of burning charcoal had been found in the living room and that the door and windows of the public housing flat in Tuen Mun had been sealed with tape.
A container of doused charcoal was found in the kitchen, said Chief Inspector Sum Ho-man of Tuen Mun district crime squad.
The man was not at home when she made the call. She and her three daughters were taken to Tuen Mun Hospital for treatment and later listed as in a stable condition.
Sum said the man’s business was experiencing cash-flow problems and that he allegedly attempted to take the lives of his family members and his own.
He said police had mobilised a significant number of officers for a search in western Kowloon, and found the man in a guest house in Mong Kok.
