When a Hong Kong businessman made hoax offer to murder hospital chief’s ex-wife in ‘heinous plot’ to swindle him
- Wealthy hospital chief Dr Walton Li went to the police in 1998 after receiving an offer to make his ex-wife ‘disappear’ after their expensive divorce
- Iu Shui-tai, who made the hoax offer, was found guilty of attempting to obtain property by deception and sent to prison for two-and-a-half years
“A businessman allegedly tried to swindle wealthy hospital chief Dr Walton Li Wai-tat by falsely offering to have his ex-wife murdered after she was awarded a $22.6 million divorce payout,” reported the South China Morning Post on April 13, 1999.
“Iu Shui-tai, 45, said he could make Evelyn Cheung Man-york ‘disappear’ for $800,000, prosecutor Paul Madigan told the District Court yesterday.
“Iu allegedly went to Dr Li and said he could arrange for compatriots from Taiwan to murder her during a mock robbery or a traffic accident. He also suggested she could be poisoned, the court heard.
“Dr Li went to the police.”
“Iu, proprietor of the Well Born advertising company, pleaded not guilty to attempting to obtain property by deception by falsely representing on December 29 last year that he would kill Ms Cheung.
