Hong Kong teen jailed for 8 years for acid attack on Singaporean tourist

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A Hong Kong court sentenced 19-year-old Anson Kew to eight years in prison for a 2025 acid attack on Singaporean tourist Jiang Wen. The judge said the victim suffered a lifelong impact after second-degree burns; Kew was 17 at the time and reportedly carried out the attack for a promised payment.

A Hong Kong court has sentenced a teenager with triad links to eight years in prison for splashing corrosive liquid on a Singaporean tourist last year in return for a promised payment of HK$10,000 (US$1,280). Mr Justice Andrew Chan Hing-wai of the High Court said on Thursday that defendant Anson Kew, 19, had caused a “lifelong impact” on Jiang Wen, 36, who suffered second-degree burns in the attack on June 9, 2025. Kew, who was aged 17 at the time, threw a corrosive solution on the victim as she...