HONG KONG: Two men charged with a savage knife attack on the former editor of a Hong Kong newspaper were offered HK$100,000 (RM49,000) each to carry out the hit, prosecutors said, as they pleaded not guilty.
Kevin Lau, former editor of the investigative Ming Pao newspaper, was left in critical condition after the brutal street attack in broad daylight by two men in February last year, who then escaped on a motorbike.
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