Tour guide reportedly deaf in right ear after dispute in which mainland Chinese tourist was beaten and died
Mainland woman arrested in tourist death case says she was victim of violence
A mainland tour leader who was arrested over a dispute at a jeweller's after which a mainland visitor died claimed she was slapped so hard she lost her hearing in one ear.
Deng Haiyan, 32, submitted a report of her hearing test to Hung Hom police station yesterday, just over a week after she clashed with mainland tourist Zhang Lixia, 53, on October 19 at D2 Jewellery in Hung Hom.
"Her violence caused me to lose hearing in my right ear," Deng said outside the police station. "It has affected my family and my life.
"I hope she will respect me and apologise in person."
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Deng was the leader of a group of 19 mainlanders in Hong Kong that included Zhang and her colleague Miao Chunqi, a construction contractor from Heilongjiang province.
Deng claimed she tried to stop Zhang smoking inside the shop and was slapped in the right ear. Miao, 54, was allegedly beaten while trying to mediate in the argument and died in hospital less than 24 hours later.
