Suspected smuggler dies and another rescued after speedboat hit-and-run in sea near Hong Kong

One suspected smuggler died in hospital on Thursday hours after he and another man fell into the sea when their boat was rammed by a speedboat and sank in Hong Kong waters.

A police source said the investigation suggested the pair were from mainland China, and had been trying to smuggle frozen meat from the city to Shenzhen when their 12-metre wooden boat was hit by the other vessel northwest of Lung Kwu Chau on Wednesday night.