Do you know that Lam Kwok Wai is one of the two known serial killers
in Hong Kong?
His name may not ring any bells to many Hongkongers, but his
nickname would probably do.
Ever heard of the “Tuen Mun Rapist”?
Lam grew up in Tuen Mun, which many considered as a poverty-struck
and insecure district, with his broken family. His mother left him when he was
only 3; his stepmother was horrible; his father was an alcoholic and a gambler;
his sibling had almost no interaction with him.
When he was 15, he started hanging around with others in gangs, beating people, abusing animals, stealing things and taking
drugs. Everything he did served only one purpose: to
rid of his boredom. He also had a girlfriend, but Lam broke up with her because
of his poor self-esteem. He began to seek excitement through drinking,
prostitution, and even street racing. It seems his life had no goal but only to
look for these kinds of short-lived gratification.
You want to give him a hug? Too bad no one ever does.
This tragic life style drove Lam to seek love and satisfaction
through a really extreme method: rape. Lam’s favorite way of assault was to
tail his victims, burst into the elevators with them, drag them to somewhere
secluded, grip them in the neck until they faint and rape them… And he was only
21 when he committed his first crime.
It is reported that he has raped a total of 13 women and
accidentally killed 3 of them. His doing led to widespread panic in Tuen Mun.
The police even use female cops as baits to lure him out, but to no avail.
What’s legendary about Lam’s arrest is that Lam actually asked his
last victim out for a date.
The police thus ambushed him during his meeting with the victim. The
Chief Inspector responsible for the case said it was as if Lam wanted to be
caught. He even stated that Lam was actually a very lonely person who cried a
lot and would ask other police officers to visit him in prison.
But boredom and loneliness is never an excuse for committing crimes,
let alone so many crimes.
I wonder if Lam would come to that conclusion during the rest of his
life in jail.
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