After the shocking robbery, are Hong Kong foreign exchange firms secure enough?


Hong Kong was shaken last week by a 51 million yen (US$327,560) robbery after two staff members from a Japanese currency exchange company reported that their cash was stolen outside a money changer in Sheung Wan.

The two Japanese men told officers they had made an appointment to exchange about 190 million yen at a local remittance shop on the day they flew to the city. Police arrested six suspects, including one of the victims, who allegedly acted as a mole in the plot.

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