2 Hong Kong robbers jailed for 8 years each over ‘shocking’ daylight Rolex theft
- Wong Tsz-fung, 23, and Tan Hoi-yan, 22, plead guilty to ‘vicious attack’ on engineer Ng Yiu-san with knife and extendable baton at MTR station in 2020
- Ng suffered multiple cuts to scalp, back and limbs, as well as severed nerve in right leg; still needs physiotherapy
Former warehouse worker Wong Tsz-fung, 23, and Tan Hoi-yan, 22, who had worked as a waiter, pleaded guilty at the High Court on Friday to robbery and wounding with intent over the incident at Tai Wai MTR station on August 4, 2020.
Madam Justice Susana D’Almada Remedios said the crime, committed in broad daylight, had caused widespread panic and fear in the community and could have easily involved innocent bystanders.
“The event can only be described as a vicious attack,” she said.
She highlighted the attack had been carefully planned and could have been fatal.
The judge added that the attack might also have caused significant trauma for the children and elderly people who witnessed the pair’s “relentless” assault on the victim with a 43cm (17 inch) knife and a 42cm extendable baton.
