Police Arrest Woman Over Son's Murder

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2019-02-24 HKT 15:23

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  • Police arrest woman over son's murder

A 55-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of drugging and killing her son, before attempting to hang herself.

Officers found the 23-year-old man lying on a sofa in the Shin Ming Estate flat in Tseung Kwan O on Saturday night.

Police say he had signs of having been strangled, and is believed to have been dead for one to two days.

Rat poison, sleeping pills and a suicide note by the mother were also found in the flat.

Police are treating the case as murder and attempted suicide.

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