Three people were jailed after admitting offences linked to an alleged extortion and assault case that preceded a man's fatal fall from a commercial building in Yau Ma Tei. Ho Tsz Chung was sentenced to 28 months, Yeung Hiu Lam to 36 months and Shih Siu Chung to 16 months in the District Court on 26 August 2026, according to reports by Star Headline and Ming Pao.
The dead man, Kwan To Chi, called 999 at about 10.40am on 7 November 2024 and said he had been attacked by three or four people. He told police he was beside the rooftop railing of Hang Wai Commercial Centre. About four minutes later, he fell to a fourth-floor platform and died.
Ming Pao reported that the case involved a money dispute described as triad-related, together with planned extortion and assault. Those details were presented as part of the prosecution's account of the case and should not be treated as independent findings on every aspect of the dispute or the responsibility of the defendants.
The prosecution account said Ho had received a message from a senior figure in a chat group the previous night, asking him to find Kwan because Kwan was suspected of having interfered with someone's bank account. Ho was said to have taken Kwan to a venue also used as a gambling den and told others where he was.
According to the contents of Yeung's recorded interview reported by Ming Pao, she and two men went to the venue and filmed the alleged attack. The account said one man repeatedly struck Kwan's left thigh with a plastic baton, while another cut his right lower leg with a machete and demanded an immediate bank transfer.
The same report said Shih's recorded interview described two men later taking clothing, a knife sheath, a machete and a plastic baton to a flat in Tai Wo Hau Estate and asking him to help dispose of them. He was said to have put some items in a rubbish bin and placed a bag containing the knife and baton in a fire-hose cabinet.
The supplied reports differ over Yeung's admitted charges. Star Headline said she admitted one count each of extortion and wounding with intent, while Ming Pao additionally reported a charge relating to perverting the course of justice. Both reports said Ho admitted extortion and that Shih admitted an offence relating to perverting the course of justice.
Police later arrested four men and one woman. The supplied reports do not state whether the other two people arrested were charged or what happened in their cases. The available accounts also do not establish the identities or prosecution status of the two men described in the case account as the alleged attackers.