There is a new development in the murder case in a metered parking lot on South Bay Road in Repulse Bay. A 60-year-old man suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer and his cohabiting wife were found unconscious in the car. In the end, the husband and wife died in a coma.
According to the news, the Filipino driver hired by the couple, according to the instructions of the proprietress, helped help the semi-conscious boss into the private car this morning, and took the two to the scene of the accident. The two then burned charcoal and took medicine in the car.
Afterwards, although the driver used water to put out the charcoal and removed the charcoal from the compartment, and informed the nephew of the two to call the police on his behalf, the police believed that the driver involved in the case had assisted the two in committing suicide and was charged with "assisting or abetting another's suicide". catch.
The case is currently being dealt with as Suicide Agreement and Aiding or Abetting Suicide.
Checking the data, pancreatic cancer is the fifth most deadly cancer in Hong Kong.
Because the location of the tumor is concealed and the symptoms are not obvious, many patients are not aware of the disease until the end of the cancer, which may have delayed treatment and shortened the survival time.
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The male deceased, surnamed Wu (66 years old), was reported to have been an executive director and vice chairman of a listed company in Hong Kong many years ago, and also a director and chairman of a listed company in Singapore. He has suffered from terminal pancreatic cancer in recent years.
He and his wife surnamed Kwong (62 years old) jointly owned and lived in a residential building in Ligendry, Mid-Levels Central, and hired a 48-year-old Filipino driver to take the couple in and out.
Today (19th) at around 10 am, Wu Nan fell into a semi-consciousness at his apartment in Ligendry, Mid-Levels Central, but his wife did not arrange for her husband to seek medical treatment, but instead ordered the driver to help Wu Nan into the car, and then ordered the driver to drive , took the two to the metered parking lot on South Bay Road in Repulse Bay, and then Wu's wife committed suicide by burning charcoal and taking medicine in the car.
The driver later revealed that the couple was unconscious in the car, immediately put out the charcoal and put it on the side of the mountain, and then notified their nephew to call the police.
The police arrived at the scene after receiving the report and found the couple lying in the car with a row of drugs beside them, a plate of burnt charcoal on the hillside, and a suicide note was seized at the scene.
Wu Nan was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, but unfortunately died; Wu's wife was sent to the intensive care unit.
Wu Nan's cause of death is yet to be determined after an autopsy.
It is understood that Wu Nan was tortured by cancer and suspected of committing suicide. The reason for his wife's suicide remains to be investigated.
After preliminary investigation, the police believed that the driver involved in the case had assisted two people to commit suicide, and was arrested on suspicion of "aiding or abetting suicide".
The case is temporarily classified as a suicide agreement and assisting or abetting others to commit suicide, and it will be followed up by the first team of the Western District Police District Crime Squad.
It is understood that the Filipino driver involved in the case holds a Hong Kong identity card.
The police seized evidence for investigation.
(Photo by Ma Yaowen)
According to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Cancer Online Resource Center, pancreatic cancer is one of the most common cancers in Hong Kong. In 2019, pancreatic cancer caused 740 deaths, accounting for 5% of all cancer deaths.
The cause of pancreatic cancer is currently unknown. Risk factors include smoking, being overweight, eating red and processed meat, drinking heavy alcohol, older men, having a family history of pancreatic cancer or having certain family genes, and having diabetes, chronic or genetic History of diseases such as acute pancreatitis.
Symptoms of pancreatic cancer include short-term rapid weight loss, jaundice, clay-colored stools, and a fixed, firm mass in the upper abdomen.
Due to the slow growth rate of malignant tumors and hidden location, the symptoms are not obvious. Even patients who receive regular annual physical examinations can hardly find out that they have pancreatic cancer from general examinations. Many patients do not realize that they have the disease until the end of the cancer , even if resection can be performed, compared with other cancer patients, pancreatic cancer patients have a shorter survival time due to delayed treatment.
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South Bay Road, Repulse Bay, a man and a woman suspected of taking medicine in the car, and the woman was in a coma, and the man was sent to the hospital. The Repulse Bay couple died in the car, 1 died, and the other was in a coma.
