Hong Kong pair convicted of murder and HK$3.6 million ransom blackmail plot

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Two Hong Kong residents, Chan Wah-hing and Chan Yiu-lung, were convicted for murder and a ransom blackmail plot involving HK$3.6 million. The crime included disposing of the victim’s body near Ping Yeung Village and sealing the site with cement in 2022 as part of an elaborate cover-up.

Two Hongkongers have been found guilty of murdering a man after a financial dispute and then blackmailing his wife for a HK$3.6 million (US$459,331) ransom for his “release” even though he was already dead. A High Court jury on Tuesday also found that the defendants – Chan Wah-hing, 67, and Chan Yiu-lung, 33 – disposed of the victim’s body in grass near Ping Yeung Village before sealing the site with cement in September 2022. The village is in Ta Kwu Ling in the city’s North district, where both...