‘Damp and filthy’: murder suspect says basic necessities denied in custody
Defendant complains of poor sanitary conditions in police custody, asks court to send him to prison instead pending identification parades.
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The alleged ringleader in the fatal assault of an entrepreneur during a bar fight last month has told a Hong Kong court that he was deprived of basic necessities while being held in a “filthy” police cell.
Tsang Wai-ching, 40, was escorted to Kowloon City Court on Tuesday to face a murder charge over the attack on 32-year-old Issac Yeung Kam-chuen at an upstairs bar on Cameron Road in Tsim Sha Tsui on July 25.
Engineering manager Cheng Yuk-lun, 52, was also brought to court for allegedly assisting an offender by arranging getaway cars to help Tsang evade justice.
Tsang, who said he was unemployed, claimed he had been physically abused by police since his arrest on August 1, after spending a week on the run.
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