Duo in city’s worst beauty treatment blunder deserve jail for ‘unforgivable’ actions, says husband of dead victim
A beauty chain owner and his technician were jailed for manslaughter on Monday, prompting calls for stricter regulation of Hong Kong’s beauty industry
The husband of a woman who died from an experimental cancer therapy sold to her as a health boost on Monday hailed the court’s stern punishment of the beauty clinic’s founder and its technician as “doing justice” but said he still could not forgive them.
Legislator Alice Mak Mei-kuen, speaking for Chan Yuen-lam’s husband Yeung Kam-hoi, whom she has been assisting, said: “Mr Yeung respects the court’s verdict and sentencing. But no matter how long the pair are to be put in jail, it cannot bring his beloved wife back to life again.
“The family could not forgive the duo who are professionals but are so selfish that they chose to make quick money and pay no regard to the safety of clients.”
Speaking through a lawyer, Wong Ching-bor, one of three other women who survived the treatments, said Chow and Chan Kwun-chung deserved serious punishment because “a life was lost”.
