Hong Kong man arrested in connection with attempted knifepoint robbery of woman hiking alone on trail
- Woman, 58, reported to police that she had been threatened by a man with a knife on Thursday afternoon on a trail near Tsui Ling Road in Tseung Kwan O
- Suspect, surnamed Lui, arrested on Friday night in Kin Ming Estate following investigation, police say
A Hong Kong man has been arrested in connection with the attempted robbery of a 58-year-old female hiker at knifepoint in Tseung Kwan O.
Police on Saturday said they received a call from the woman at about 4.30pm on Thursday to report that she had been threatened by a man with a knife while on a solo hike on a trail near Tsui Ling Road.
The suspect, surnamed Lui, was arrested on Friday at about 11pm in Kin Ming Estate in Tseung Kwan O following an investigation, police said. Officers seized a kitchen knife as evidence.
The woman suffered no losses or injuries, the force said.
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Lui was being detained for further investigation, police said, adding that the case had been handed over to the Tseung Kwan O district criminal investigation department.
Hikers being robbed is not unheard of in Hong Kong, although most recent cases involved non-local suspects.
In 2022, a woman was attacked and robbed by a man with a knife when she was hiking on a hill in Tsz Wan Shan. She suffered minor injuries to a finger on her left hand during a struggle with the robber, who was not caught.
In recent years, at least three robbery cases took place on Eagle’s Nest, a hill in Kowloon. According to police, the suspects were all Mandarin speakers.
Those convicted of robbery face a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.
