Hong Kong man found guilty of killing and cooking parents

A Hong Kong man who was accused of killing, dismembering, salting and cooking his parents was found guilty of double murder Friday.

During the 20-day trial the court heard how Henry Chau, 31, had dismembered his elderly parents before salting, cooking and packing their body parts into lunchboxes “like barbecued pork”.

The severed heads of 65-year-old Chau Wing-ki and his wife Siu Yuet-yee, 62, were found in March 2013, stuffed into two refrigerators in a bloodstained apartment, days after they were reported missing.
A jury at the city’s high court found Chau guilty on both counts of murder by a majority of 8-to-1, the SCMP reported. His friend Tse Chun-kei was found not guilty on two counts of murder. Chau will be sentenced on Monday, the Post reported.

Chau initially told police that his parents had gone to mainland China, but later admitted to the murder on an Internet messaging group.

In evidence read to the city’s High Court last year, Chau claimed that he planned to mislead the police in order to buy himself some time to say goodbye to friends.

“My murdering partner and I were planning to make it a missing person case and dump the body piece by piece,” he said in a group message.

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Beijing company offers night with Japanese porn star as year-end bonus

While it's typical for Chinese companies to offer prizes in the form of cash and cars to employees as a bonus ahead of the Chinese New Year, one tech firm in Beijing is steering wildly off-course from tradition with a year-end gift that one lucky winner will probably not be bringing home to show the missus: a Japanese porn star.

This is according to a list that was leaked online allegedly showing an array of year-end bonus options for employees at Qihoo360, a Beijing-based tech company known for its anti-spyware programs.



While the standard luxury vehicles and all-expenses-paid holidays appear on the list, one particular prize has raised eyebrows of many an envious netizen. Qihoo360 is supposedly offering a night with Japanese adult film star Julia Kyoka, famous across China for her J-cup breasts and, um, pretty much everything else.

The gift list circulating online hasn't been verified, and it's speculated that it's just a fake—another list was published excluding Julia as the top prize.

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Foreigners among 22 missing after boat sinks in China

Photo Credits: NetEase

Photo Credits: NetEase

More than 20 people, including four Singaporeans, were missing Friday after a tugboat sank on a trial voyage on the Yangtze, China's longest river, state media and authorities said.

The newly built vessel was undergoing testing with 25 people aboard in the eastern province of Jiangsu on Thursday afternoon when the accident happened, state media said.

Three people had been rescued, state broadcaster China Central Television reported, leaving 22 missing. The television report said "around" eight foreigners were on board when the boat sank.

A Singapore foreign ministry spokesman told AFP that the vessel, JMS Delta, was registered in the city-state and four of its nationals were on board.

The Japanese and Indian consulates in Shanghai each confirmed to AFP that one of their nationals was among the missing.

A microblog posting by a newspaper under China's transport ministry said two of the others on board were from Malaysia and Indonesia.

"Water entered the boat cabin very quickly, in less than 20 seconds it was completely filled with water," survivor Wang Zhenkai told state television from his hospital bed.

Wang was accompanying a Japanese technician who was testing the engine, though the ship was made and outfitted in China, reports said.

A photo carried by state media showed only the bow and part of the hull of the metal ship floating above the waterline, with a salvage barge alongside.

Reports said rescue workers were trying to raise the vessel and the search was continuing, but Xinhua cited rescuers saying the work was difficult as the current was swift and the water cold.

"As long as we have the slimmest hope, we will give a 100-percent effort," Wang Shiming, deputy head of the Jiangsu Maritime Safety Administration, told state television.

The accident occurred on a stretch of the river between the cities of Jingjiang and Zhangjiagang, which is close to the Yangtze's mouth near the commercial hub Shanghai.

The provincial government said the boat was undergoing trials without properly completing the required procedures and without first reporting the condition of the ship, as required by regulations.

The operator "should have reported to the responsible government body for endorsement, but did not," Wang, the safety administration official, said.

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Man tries to smuggle 94 iPhones into China

This man was reportedly caught with 94 iPhones strapped to his body

A Hong Kong man was arrested with 94 iPhones taped to his body in an attempt to smuggle them into China, reports said on Monday.

According to photos shared by China's Sina News online, the man had strapped models of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus around his torso and thighs, using masking tape.

The smartphones were seized at Futian Port, an immigration port of entry between Hong Kong and mainland China. A report from TIME magazine said the man was caught after officials noticed that he was walking strangely.

Back in September of last year, the delayed launch of Apple's latest iPhone models in China caused a surge in pre-orders on the company's Hong Kong website.

A report at the time predicted that "many of those devices will be smuggled across the border into mainland China, where they could change hands for as much as four times the Hong Kong price."

Apple began selling its latest iPhone in China a month later.

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Asia-Pacific New Year's stampede kills 35 in Shanghai

Authorities had earlier cancelled a New Year's countdown at the location due to crowd concerns [Reuters]

At least 35 people have been killed and dozens injured after a stampede broke out during New Year's celebrations in the Chinese city of Shanghai, state-run media has said.

Citing Sina News, CCTV America said the the cause of the stampede on the Bund, the financial hub of Shanghai's popular waterfront area, was still unclear.

At least 48 people were also injured, reports said.

Pictures posted on social media showed huge crowds surrounding people lying on the ground in the middle of the street, but they could not be immediately verified.

Local media say witnesses reported earlier seeing coupons, which at first glance looked like dollar bills, being thrown into the crowd which triggered the stampede.

Pictures of the coupons have appeared on social media and a news portal. Police say they are still investigating the cause.

Authorities had earlier cancelled a New Year's countdown with a 3D laser display at the Bund due to crowd concerns, the Shanghai Daily reported last week.

The event had been growing in popularity for three years, but last year's turnout of some 300,000 people far exceeded authorities' expectations, the report said.

Source: Aljazeera

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Check out the aftermath of the Christmas celebrations in Kunming, China

Christmas Eve was a night of mayhem in Kunming, with 110,000 reveler out on the streets spraying each other with cans of artificial snow in a 3-hour carnival-like event from 8pm to 11pm. The aftermath of the party left the city in a mess, with heaps of empty spray cans and garbage that took cleaners hours to clean up.

Source: Shanghaiist

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