Man charged with murder for brutal HK shopping mall stabbings


Customers walk through the Plaza Hollywood shopping mall in Hong Kong in this May 2, 2003 photo. - AFP

HONG KONG (China Daily/Asia News Network): A man caught on a viral video brutally stabbing two women to death at a shopping mall in Diamond Hill was charged with murder at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts before being remanded in custody on Monday (June 6).

Acting Principal Magistrate Cheang Kei-hong adjourned the case to June 19 while the prosecution seeks to obtain two psychiatric reports on the 39-year-old accused to help determine if he is fit to stand trial. He will be remanded at Siu Lam Psychiatric Center until the next hearing.

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