A Hong Kong man of Filipino descent with a triad background poured red oil on two newly opened shops in Tuen Mun district on Sunday (15th), attempting to use intimidation to seek benefits from the shops.
After investigation, the police arrested the man on suspicion of "criminal damage" yesterday (19th).
Inspector Mo Zhanfeng, the head of the first team of the Tuen Mun Police District Serious Crime Squad, explained the case that during the early morning patrol on Sunday (15th), the police found that 2 newly opened shops in Tuen Mun Xinhui (selling vegetables and fresh meat respectively) were stolen. People drenched in red oil.
The Tuen Mun District Crime Squad later took over the investigation, and conducted in-depth investigations with the Anti-Black Squad and the Intelligence Squad, as well as reviewing a large number of CCTV videos, and finally identified a suspect.
In the early morning yesterday (19th), detectives arrested a 35-year-old Filipino-Hong Kong man who reported to be a part-time worker and had a triad background. He has been detained by the police overnight.
The police do not rule out that someone used the red oil as a threat to seek benefits from the store, and is investigating whether someone was behind the manipulation or involved other gangs.
The police reiterated that they will never tolerate criminals using illegal means to harass legally operated shops.
In order to combat the source of income of triads, Tuen Mun Police District will pay more attention and proactively contact the newly opened shops in the district, and will also step up patrols.
The police believe that the dipping of oil is only the first step of the nuisance operation. If the police did not intervene in a short period of time, the criminals may harass the shops involved again with violent and violent means.
The police appeal to shop owners and staff to contact the police as soon as possible if they discover that someone has made a name for themselves or used inappropriate means of intimidation or harassment to seek benefits.
Tuen Mun supermarket was drenched in oil