House in Kam Shue Road, Sai Kung burgled with watches and jewellery worth a total of HK$140,000 missing

8 Kam Shue Road, Sai Kung

Police said HK$58,000 in cash and a HK$20,000 watch and other jewellery worth a total of HK$140,000 were stolen from a house on Kam Shue Road, Sai Kung after its 66-year-old tenant went out for dinner at around 5:30 pm on Sunday (17/12).

Police received a report at about 9:00 pm, saying that a house at Block D, 8 Kam Shue Road had signs of being raided and was suspected of being burgled. The police arrived at the scene to investigate and classified the case as burglary. The Tseung Kwan O Police District Criminal Investigation Team followed up. No one has been arrested yet. It is understood that the burglar sneaked into an open window of one of the rooms in the detached house.

The landslide at the rear of the house after heavy rain in September 2023

It is reported that in the afternoon, the occupiers left home but left a bedroom window open for ventilation. Later, when the couple returned, they found that their bedroom had been burgled. The two checked the CCTV and found two male thieves approaching the unit through the hillside and sneaking into the unit through the open window. After committing the crime they escaped through the bedroom balcony.

After checking the information, local media found that during the heavy rain of the century in September this year, a landslide occurred on the hillside opposite the detached house, covering an area of ​​about 50 by 100 metres. The house and adjacent residents needed to be evacuated. Subsequent inspections by relevant departments revealed that there were unauthorised structures on the slope of Block D

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