Police arrest the suspect in Nong Chok district, Bangkok, on Monday. Photo: Thai Police
One of the suspects in the 1989 mass grave discovery at Lobster Bay Beach in Sai Kung was recently apprehended in Bangkok, Thailand, after 37 years on the run. According to the Thai media, Thai police arrested a 62-year-old Hong Kong man on 2 February in Bangkok’s Nong Chok district. He is suspected of committing a murder in Hong Kong 37 years ago.
Local police stated that a man identified as Mui Yiu Keung was arrested at a residence in the Nong Chok district. Reports indicate that the Hong Kong SAR government has been pursuing Mui, who is suspected of murdering a man in Hong Kong in 1989 and is the last of four suspects in the case. Previously arrested suspects claimed that he killed the victim with a shovel and buried the body in Hong Kong. It is believed that Mui fled to Thailand in 1994. Recently, the Hong Kong SAR police contacted the Criminal Investigation Department headquarters, requesting assistance in tracking down and arresting the suspect.
The report indicates that Mui Yiu-keung had no identification documents on him when arrested. During police questioning, he admitted that he was the wanted man. He told police that after arriving in Thailand in 1994, he opened a small factory in Samut Prakan province, married a Thai woman, and had three children. He also recently opened a restaurant. The report states that the suspect declined to comment on the murder case in Hong Kong and is currently charged with illegal entry; extradition proceedings are underway.
The report indicates that the Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong will visit the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of Thailand to discuss cooperation between the two places in transnational crime arrests and to coordinate the extradition of Mui Yiu-keung back to Hong Kong for trial.
According to records, on 31 August 1989, a body was discovered on Lobster Bay beach in Sai Kung. The discovery revealed that a former restaurant manager, allegedly acting on behalf of a friend, conspired with three other men to lure a restaurant waiter, accused of being a traitor who had informed the police, to Lobster Bay. There, they beat him severely with shovels, bound him with packing tape and nylon rope, and finally buried his body on the beach. Mui Yiu-keung was one of the fugitive suspects.
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