Do you know there was a murder case in Hong Kong that involved 14
teenagers?
No, the teenagers are not the victims. They are the murderers. And
they were not even legal by that time.
It all happened back in 1997. The victim, Luk Chi Wai, was a 16 year
old boy who lived in Sau Mau Ping Estate (Kung Tong District, Kowloon). Luk
were friends with a group of teenage gang members and usually hung around with
them. This just sounds like a bunch of juvenile delinquents messing around,
right?
Until they kept on bullying a 37 year old mentally ill cleaner,
Chan, who worked in that residential estate.
Maybe deep down, Luk was a good kid, or maybe the gang really was going too far…whatever the reason was, Luk could not stand that
bullying. He told Chan to report the case to the police.
The teenage gang felt betrayed and decided to “punish” Luk for this.
The gang lured Luk to where Chan lived, locked him up and abused
him.
They stomped on Luk’s arms, clamped his head with folding chair, whipped him with belt, bet him with iron pipe and even
slammed his head against the floor…Poor Luk didn’t last long under the torture.
After they found out Luk was dead, they dragged him to the garbage room nearby
and burnt his corpse, attempting to cover for their bad deeds.
The case was not revealed until Chan went to see the doctor. The
doctor thought Chan’s injury was too suspicious and had the police investigate,
finally exposing the shocking murder.
The judge Wong Kin Chow was very furious about their doing. He
criticized them for showing no remorse and said the victim might have survived
if they were willing to look for help. While on the other hand, Wong felt sad
for what has happened and urged the society not to ignore teenage problems.
Four of the gang members were first sentenced to life imprisonment
for murder, while others were either charged with manslaughter, assault or
unlawful disposal of body. After appealing in 2001, the four convicts’
punishment got changed to 20-something years in jail instead of life
imprisonment.
Most
of them are going to be released in these few years.
I
wonder how many of them could turn over a new leaf and atone for what they have
done?
And
more importantly, will the society give them one more chance?
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