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Clifford Lo

Danny Mok

Two suspected burglars have been arrested following break-ins at the homes of former Hong Kong police chief Andy Tsang Wai-hung and a man on the same estate, with more than HK$400,000 (US$51,464) in cash and valuables stolen.
A source said the arrests were made hours after Tsang discovered the burglary when he arrived at his Tai Po home with his family on Sunday night.
The other burglary at luxury residential estate Hong Lok Yuen was discovered on Monday. The cases prompted the force to enhance security in the district.
Officers were called to Tsang’s house at around 11.45pm on Sunday after he and his wife returned home and found the premises had been burgled. The Post learned that more than HK$100,000 in cash, watches and jewellery were stolen from his house.
“Certain belongings were found to be missing after a check, including a small amount of jewellery, watches and cash,” the former police commissioner said on Monday night.
“Everyone in the family was safe during the incident. Thank you for your concern.”

Shortly before 8am on Tuesday, officers were called to another house in the same estate after receiving a report of a break-in from its 28-year-old male tenant.
The location was about 1km from Tsang’s house, said Chief Inspector Tam Tsz-wai of the New Territories North regional crime unit.
According to the force, the man said that when he returned home at about 9.30pm on Monday, he spotted pry marks on the back door of his house and also found one of the bedrooms had been ransacked.
A police spokeswoman said the man did not contact the force until around 7.59am on Tuesday. The spokeswoman said a preliminary investigation showed three luxury watches worth HK$290,000 had been stolen from the house.
Tam said the arrested pair were mainland Chinese, aged 31 and 36, who had entered the city with two-way permits.
They were found hiding inside a motorcycle cover at a nearby estate, The Wonderland, after security personnel there alerted police that they had spotted people acting suspiciously.
One suspect put up a struggle before being subdued, leaving an officer with a fractured finger, Tam said.
No missing items were found on the pair, who allegedly tried to break into a house in The Wonderland. The pair were detained. One said he was jobless and the other claimed to be a renovation worker.
Detectives from the New Territories North regional crime unit are investigating the two burglaries at Hong Lok Yuen.
Between January and July this year, police handled 749 reports of burglary across the city, an increase of 6.5 per cent from 703 cases logged in the same period in 2023.
Tsang served as police commissioner from January 2011 until his departure in 2015, shortly after the conclusion of the 79-day Occupy demonstrations in December 2014.
Dubbed the “bald eagle” due to his assertive approach, Tsang was known for his firm stance during the protests.
Following his retirement, Tsang took on various roles in different sectors, including serving as the deputy director of mainland China’s top anti-drugs body, the National Narcotics Control Commission, in 2019.
Tsang commenced his police career as an inspector in January 1978.
After the city’s return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, Tsang held the position of Wan Chai district commander and led the organised crime and triad bureau from 2000 to 2002.
During this period, he dismantled a crime syndicate led by Kwai Ping-hung, who was then Hong Kong’s most wanted criminal.
In 2018, he was appointed as a director of the public transport operator Transport International Holdings.


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Suspects found hiding at a nearby estate after security personnel alerted police


Suspects found hiding at a nearby estate after security personnel alerted police.
