Hong Kong man sentenced to life in prison after murdering father for HK$200,000 to pay off loan sharks


A Hong Kong man has been jailed for life for committing what a judge described as “a most abominable and heinous crime” – stabbing his father to death to steal just over HK$200,000 (US$25,700) so he could repay loan sharks.

Insurance agent Lai Kan-yau, 29, was found guilty of murder by a jury verdict of 6 to 1 last month in the death of his father, 65-year-old Lai Kam-fook.

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