Mentally ill Hong Kong man gets indefinite hospital order for killing father


A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to an indefinite period at a psychiatric hospital for stabbing his father to death while experiencing schizophrenia.

The High Court on Friday accepted two psychiatrists’ recommendations to impose a hospital order on Lee Man-lok, 35, on a count of manslaughter based on diminished responsibility.

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