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| The intense summer heat prompts many people to go to Repulse Bay beach |
By Vir B. Lumicao
A 29-year-old Chinese man was jailed for eight months on Friday,
Aug 3 after he pleaded guilty in Eastern
Court Repulse Bay
Lo Kam-fuk, a construction worker and HKID holder, was sentenced
by Magistrate Peter Law after admitting to stealing various items between Jul 21
and 31 this year.
His first victims were tourists Sebastien Zoe G. Rodriguez, 17; Mark
Francis Almonte, 22, and Ian Jeric Gatmaitan, 23, who went swimming near No.1
observatory at Repulse
Bay Beach
They placed one Nikon camera, one Gopro camera, a pair of
sunglasses, on G-shock wristwatch, a white and brown waistbag, a Philippine
passport, a Security bank credit card, a BDO debit card, an iPhone 7 mobile
phone and $700 cash in Sebastien’s green backpack before they went into the
water.
When they came ashore around 5:10pm, they found the backpack
gone, and immediately reported the loss to the police. They had all since
returned to Manila
At about 7pm on Jul 24, Merly B. dela Cruz, 50, and her
friend Nora Berondo, 49, Filipinas who both held HKIDs, also lost a blue
handbag containing their belongings near No. 3 observatory at the same beach. The
bag contained two brown wallets, two Hang Seng Bank cards, a wrist watch, a
pair of earrings, a ring, $580 cash, a HKID card, another blue bag, as well as
a Sony and Honor mobile phones.
The thief struck again around 7:30pm on Jul 28, this time
near No. 4 observatory, and made off with one black rucksack containing $400
cash and a Samsung mobile phone owned by
Kwok Chi-hang.
On Jul 29, Lo returned to the beach at 5pm to steal again,
but the blue bag he took from an “unknown person” contained just a pair of
sunglasses, five keys and one lipstick.
He went back to the beach near No. 2 observatory at 8:05pm on
Jul 31 and stole a rucksack containing two black wallets, $200 cash, 63 yuan, a
driver’s license, a bank card, two Netherlands passport and an iPhone 6 mobile
phone belonging to Dutch tourists Johanes S. Mulder, 19, and Floris M.
Hagedoorn, 21.
That was Lo’s last outing, however, as a police officer who
was staking out the area intercepted and arrested him.
The court was not told if any, or all of the missing items,
had been recovered.
