Hello Kitty murder
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The Hello Kitty Murder in Hong Kong refers to the case of a night club hostess who was kidnapped and tortured in an apartment in Tsim Sha Tsui in 1999. She eventually died over a month later, either by drug overdose or at the hands of the abductors. The woman was decapitated and her head was inserted into a Hello Kitty doll, hence the name of the case.[1]
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[edit] Case
A 23 year old woman by the name of Fan Man-yee (樊敏儀) was a night club hostess. She was kidnapped by the three males and brought to Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.[1] She was imprisoned in the apartment and tortured for a month over a debt dispute.[2]
| Male names[1] | Chinese name | age |
|---|---|---|
| Chan Man-lok | 陳文樂 | 34 |
| Leung Shing-cho | 梁勝祖 | 27 |
| Leung Wai-lun | 梁偉倫 | 21 |
After the torturing, her body was dismembered and stuffed the head into a Hello Kitty doll. They discarded most of the other body parts. Only the woman's skull, one tooth and some internal organs have been recovered.[2]
The killing was exposed after the 15-year-old girlfriend of one of three men reported having continual dreams of being haunted by Fan's ghost.[2][1]
[edit] Media reaction
The murder quickly became a sensational story in the media. The three men were convicted of manslaughter, because the remains could not identify exactly how she died. They remain incarcerated.
[edit] Court handling
Justice Peter Nguyen of Hong Kong, who sentenced the trio, said, "Never in Hong Kong in recent years has a court heard of such cruelty, depravity, callousness, brutality, violence and viciousness." The trio was convicted of manslaughter and unlawful imprisonment by a jury of the Court of First Instance after a six-week trial. They revealed it to be one of the most gruesome cases in the territory.[2]
[edit] Cultural reference
The publicity around the case resulted in the production and release of movies that told the story. Both Human Pork Chop (烹屍之喪盡天良) and There is a Secret in my Soup (人頭豆腐湯) were released in 2001.
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- Trio sentenced to life in jail for gruesome killing in H.K - Asian Economic News, December 11, 2000
- Human Pork Chop from Internet Movie Database
- There is a Secret in my Soup from Internet Movie Database
