Suspect is taken back to where the Indonesian domestic helper was found dead (Ming Pao photo) |
Hong Police have taken a 34-year-old British murder suspect back to Waterfall Bay Country Park in Pokfulam where the body of his deceased paramour, a 25-year-old Indonesian domestic worker, was found on Monday morning.
Various media reports have cited an unnamed source as
saying that the Indonesian worker had jumped to her death from the top of the waterfall after her married lover told her they should end their affair.
The suspect, who runs a coffee shop in Central, reportedly
checked the bottom of the waterfall and saw the woman floating in the water
with her face down. Thinking that she was dead, the man fled from the scene
aboard a taxi.
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Despite such reports, however, the police are still
treating the case as murder.
At a press conference on Tuesday night, a police
spokesman said the victim appeared to have drowned after she was hit with a
hard object. She was found with injuries on her forehead, the back of her head
and limbs.
A
police statement released subsequently said an initial post-mortem revealed the
cause of death as “asphyxiation by drowning.”
The
man was arrested with his 36-year-old local wife, as they arrived at the
high-speed rail station in West Kowloon at about 5pm on Tuesday night. Police said
the two left for China early on Monday, raising suspicions.
The
man was arrested on suspicion of murder, while his wife is accused of helping
him flee.
At
the reconstruction of events which began at about 3pm yesterday, the man who was
hooded and handcuffed, was escorted to the site by investigators carrying a
black bag containing a life-sized doll meant to represent the victim.
The
reenactment which was filmed on video by the police, lasted for about two hours,
during which the park and surrounding areas were cordoned off.
Various
reports indicate the suspect and the deceased started an affair after meeting
in Central. The helper was said to be in-between work contracts while the man
was living with his wife and son in Aberdeen.
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