Life sentences for Hong Kong pair who suffocated man with tape in village temple
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Two men in Hong Kong were sentenced to life imprisonment for suffocating a man over a financial dispute and disposing of his body at a village temple. The court described the crime as extremely hideous, emphasizing the severity of the case.
Two Hongkongers have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a man by suffocating him with tape in a village temple and burying his body under concrete outside, with a judge describing the killing as hideous “beyond words”. High Court Judge Anthony Kwok Kai-on handed down the mandatory sentences to Chan Wah-hing, 67, and Chan Yiu-lung, 33, on Monday after they were earlier convicted of murdering a 51-year-old man over a financial dispute in September 2022 and disposing of his body near...