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Body-in-cement murder case

Body-in-cement murder case
The body of Cheung Man-li was found in a cement-filled box in a flat in April 2016 in Hong Kong after his girlfriend reported him missing weeks prior. A local police investigation led them to coordinate with authorities in Taiwan.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
Cheung Sin-hang is escorted away from Lai Chi Kok Detention Centre, as he heads to court for sentencing. Photo: Winson Wong
Hong Kong courts

Body-in-cement killers get 17 years each

Sentencing Keith Lau and Cheung Sin-hang, judge questions what went wrong with the city’s education or core values.

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Body-in-cement murder suspect says he was told to inject alcohol into victim

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Body-in-cement murder trial halted, jury dismissed as judge falls ill

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Price on murder victim’s head was 200 times more than CY Leung

Former Hong Kong leader was on body-in-cement murder gang’s fantasy hit list court hears as Tsang Cheung-yan continues his testimony and more details emerge.

More details of ‘fantasy’ crime gang’s bounty list emerge as one of accused, Tsang Cheung-yan, continued testimony on Monday
Hong Kong courts

Murder trial hears of ‘fantasy crime gang’ with the Pope on its hit list

Tsang Cheung-yan, one of three defendants, testifies the group that placed a bounty on victim Cheung Man-li was a joke that ‘no one thought was true’.

Hong Kong courts

‘I was under influence of my flatmates’, says body-in-cement accused

In taped interview played at court, Cheung Sin-hang says co-accused manipulated him into cutting ties with his mother, borrowing hundreds of thousands of dollars and eventually murder.

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Crime ring ‘offered US$20 million to kill or dismember victim’

From police interview with third defendant, High Court hears about botched attempts to rob victim with spiked drink and a public toilet ambush, as he allegedly knew too much about crime ring and had to be “deleted”.

Murder suspect Cheung Sin-hang (left). Photo: Edward Wong

Body-in-cement defendant claims ‘unfair’ treatment in Taiwan

Keith Lau, accused in the murder of Cheung Man-li, told Hong Kong police he had a bad feeling after being separated from his co-defendants after arrest.

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Flight time stopped Hong Kong murder accused fleeing to Australia

Taiwan thought to be best option for escape as mainland China was ruled out over visa issues

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Body-in-cement suspect ‘planned to steal HK$10 million from safe’

Keith Lau, one of three suspects, says in police interview that co-accused Tsang Cheung-yan is the group’s ‘boss’ and the one behind robbery plans.

Murder suspect Keith Lau (centre with glasses) being escorted away from Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre. Photo: Edward Wong
Hong Kong courts

Plea to surrender over body-in-cement killing ‘fell on deaf ears’

But Tsang Cheung-yan’s attempt to get co-accused to surrender did not come until after he agreed to help dispose of corpse ‘any way they wanted’.  

Police interviews with Tsang Cheung-yan were played in court for a second day. Photo: Edward Wong

Body-in-cement murder trio talked about eating victim, court hears

Three defendants also considered throwing Cheung Man-li, 28, into the sea or burying body in woods but finally settled on encasing him in a block of cement. 

Body-in-cement trial: details of grim recovery of corpse revealed

Traces of potentially fatal chemical found in liver of victim Cheung Man-li during autopsy, pathologist tells court

Hong Kong courts

Salesman testifies he was told of body-in-cement murder

Witness recalls nonchalance of admission while friend of another co-defendant tells court of doing ‘something very wrong’.

Co-defendant Tsang Cheung-yan (top left) being escorted by Correctional Services Department staff on Thursday. Photo: Winson Wong
Hong Kong courts

Witness admits talking about killing man in body-in-cement trial

Ho Ling-yu, 20, was granted immunity from prosecution but under grilling from defence lawyer admits she too discussed murdering Cheung Man-li.

Witness Ho Ling-yu arriving at the High Court. Photo: Winson Wong
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‘Witness in body-in-cement trial changed statement under police influence’

Defence counsel Keith Oderberg says Ho Ling-yu first accused one of the three defendants of preparing chloroform-soaked panties used in the alleged murder but later pointed the finger at his client.

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Witness in body-in-cement trial ‘tipped off’ about plan for her killing

Ho Ling-yu was told by one defendant that another flatmate was planning to ‘sell her off’ – murder her – in Taiwan.

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Body-in-cement murder witness ‘feared men would kill her too’

Young woman says one of the defendants told her about killing, but he said it so jokingly she did not know if he was serious

Ho Ling-yu said she was scared the defendants would kill her if she went to the police. Photo: Dickson Lee

Defendants in body-in-cement case googled where to kill and bury victim

But witness Ho Ling-yu on the second day of the murder trial said she thought they were joking even when one of the men asked her where they should dump the body

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Murder suspects turned on each other at start of police investigation

Suspects pointed the finger at each other as police tried to uncover truth behind brutal killing in Tsuen Wan flat

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Body-in-cement murder trial begins

Money row believed to be at heart of gruesome killing which saw victim’s body cut up into pieces

Money row believed to be at heart of gruesome killing which saw victim’s body cut up into pieces

Owner of building in body-in-cement murder case rapped over illegal use

DAN6 is in Tsuen Wan. Photo: Edward Wong

No bail for three defendants in Hong Kong body-in-cement case

Hong Kong and Taiwan should come up with a fair, transparent mechanism to deal with fugitives

Confessions in Hong Kong cement murder: victim forced to breathe in chloroform and injected in thigh

Three more suspects in the cement murder case arriving at Tsuen Wan Court on Friday. Photos: Edward Wong, David Wong

Taiwan hopes for more formal crime-fighting measures with Hong Kong but city’s legal scholars see hurdles

Two suspects in the body-in-cement murder case as they were taken to Tsuen Wan Court on Thursday. Photo: David Wong

Revealed in court: body-in-cement murder victim was tied up, with plastic bag and pillowcase over head

Body-in-cement murder: Hong Kong police take female suspect, 18, to crime scene for re-enactment

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