When a Hong Kong police chief inspector was held hostage and shot dead by his sergeant, who was cleared of his death
- Chief Inspector Leung Chi-lung was shot in the chest by Sergeant Leung Chung, who then held him hostage, in a Hong Kong police station in 1994
- The inspector died, but the sergeant was cleared of murder and manslaughter, after the High Court heard about the senior officer’s abuse of power
“A police chief inspector bled to death yesterday after being shot in the chest and held hostage for almost three hours by one of his own officers,” reported the South China Morning Post on May 3, 1994.
“A sergeant entered the inspector’s office at the Castle Peak divisional station for an interview at 3pm. Officers heard a gunshot at 3.35pm from the room occupied by an Assistant Divisional Commander, but when they tried to enter found the sergeant had locked the door and was threatening to commit suicide.
“Tuen Mun district Commander Ronald Clibborn-Dyer made contact with him and began negotiating for him to surrender.
“Officers of the Special Duties Unit, which handles commando-style operations, set up a monitoring post in a building opposite the station, with a view of the second-floor office.
“The inspector, 43 and married with two daughters, was slumped over his desk. The uniformed sergeant, 49, was seen standing with his back to the door, but it was not clear whether he was holding a weapon.
