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When a university student, drugged and sexually assaulted by her boss, ended up dead

In 1994 the Post reported how a 21-year-old died after being drugged and subjected to a sex attack by a property agent who filmed his crime

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Co-defendant Phoebe Wong Yim-ping is taken away in a prison van following her sentencing for her part in killing Elaine Luk Yee-ling in 1994. Photo: SCMP Archives
Dave Besseling
“A wealthy businessman who killed a young student with chloroform after luring her to a hotel to film a pornographic video had made explicit videos of three of his employees,” reported the South China Morning Post on August 12, 1994. “Luk Yee-ling, 21, died after she was drugged and subjected to a sex attack by property agent Hon Leung-fong and his lover, Phoebe Wong Yim-ping.
How the South China Morning Post reported the crime on August 12, 1994. Photo: SCMP Archives
How the South China Morning Post reported the crime on August 12, 1994. Photo: SCMP Archives
“After stripping the Baptist College student, Hon filmed her lying naked on the floor and left the camera running as he indecently assaulted her, the High Court heard. Luk, who had been knocked out with two bottles of chloroform, never regained consciousness and died in hospital two days later.

“Hon and Wong have denied murdering Luk at the Royal Park Hotel, Sha Tin, on July 24 last year but have admitted manslaughter. Hon, 33, described as a ‘Hong Kong success story’, got to know Luk after she joined his property company, Dairy Sky Industries, during a college holiday.

“Prosecutor Pat Loftus said Wong, 28, lured Luk to the hotel on the pretext of giving her a birthday party. Wong’s defence counsel, Niall Stirling, said the former karaoke hostess had been ‘infatuated’ with Hon, who held considerable influence over her. The pair had started an affair after Hon suggested Wong could repay a $50,000 loan with sexual favours at $5,000 a time. Mr Stirling said: ‘He told her he would like to treat her as a mistress, but he wanted to shoot a videotape of her as some sort of token he would retain. He said if she refused to be filmed she would be dismissed and would immediately have to repay the debt. A video film was made of the two of a sexually explicit nature.’

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