Murder of Luk Chi-wai
Luk Chi-wai (陸志偉; 1981 – May 14th, 1997) was a member of Hong Kong youngster gang. The 16-year-old victim was beaten to death by 14 teenagers for several hours after being seen as a traitor to the gang. The 14 defendants, who were all under 18 at the time, lured Luk to their hideout, locked him up and tortured him. After the gang found out Luk was dead, they dragged him to the garbage room nearby and burnt his corpse.
Background
Luk lived at the Sau Mau Ping Estate and was friends with a group of teenage gang members and usually hung around with them. The gang would constantly bully a 30-year-old mentally ill cleaner, Chan Muk-ching, who worked at that residential estate and used his home as their gang hideout. After one incident where Chan was beaten to the point of being seriously injured, Luk persuaded him to report to the police. After the gang heard about the news, they considered Luk a traitor and decided to "punish" him.
Murder
On the night of May 14th, 1997, the gang lured Luk to Chan's estate. After Luk arrived the gang locked him up and began to torture him. Luk was beaten and kicked by the defendants in turn, beaten with weapons such as iron pipes and folding chairs, and forced to eat cigarette butts. Luk also had his head slammed against the wall, floor and stools. After Luk lost consciousness, the gang drenched him in freezing water to wake up him and continue the torture.
After the gang found out Luk was dead, the gang attempted to rescue him but was unsuccessful. The 17-year-old gang leader Fu Hin-chun (傅顯進) threatened the gang and Chan, who was also in the flat unit and witnessed the murder, to not alert the police. In the early mornings of the same day, the gang transported Luk's body in a cardboard box to the block 32 of the residential estate, a vacant building under demolition. The gang poured sulphuric acid onto Luk's on the body to make it more difficult to identify, and set his corpse on fire. They returned to the scene a few hours later and found that the body wasn't completely burnt so the body was set on fire again. The ashes of Luk were packed in garbage plastic bags and dumped at the garbage station. The ashes were never retrieved as the police believed that Luk's ashes had been transported to landfill.
Arrest
A week after Luk's death, Chan went to the hospital to seek medical treatment. The police stationed in the hospital found that his injuries were suspicious and started an investigation. Shortly later, all 14 culprits were arrested by the police.
| Defendant | Name | Age | Profession | Criminal Record | Charge | Verdict | Appeal |
| 1 | Hui Chi-wai (許智偉) |
17 | Cleaner | Assault | Murder, Mutilation of corpse | Sentenced to life imprisonment | Unchanged |
| 2 | Hui Chi-yung (許智勇) |
14 | Student | - | Serious Assault | Sentenced to 21 months in prison | - |
| 3 | Mak Ka-ho (麥家豪) |
17 | Student | Robbery | Murder, Mutilation of corpse | Sentenced to 26 years in prison | Dropped murder charges, sentenced to 7 years in prison for serious assault |
| 4 | Ng Ming-chun (吳明俊) |
16 | Freelance | Theft | Murder, Mutilation of corpse | Sentenced to life imprisonment | Unchanged |
| 5 | Yuen Ka-yee (阮潔儀) |
14 | Student | - | Assault, Mutilation of corpse | Sentenced to 21 months in prison | - |
| 6 | Chan Tak-ming (陳德明) |
16 | Student | Assault, Mutilation of corpse | Murder | Sentenced to life imprisonment | Unchanged |
| 7 | Lau Pui-yee (劉佩儀) |
14 | Student | - | Assault | Sentenced to 21 months in prison | - |
| 8 | Wong Kam-bo (黃金寶) |
14 | Student | - | Murder, Mutilation of corpse | Sentenced to 23 years in prison | Sentence reduced to 19 years in prison |
| 9 | Chau Chun (周俊) |
14 | Student | - | Serious Assault | Sentenced to 21 months in prison | - |
| 10 | Fu Hin-chun (傅顯進) |
17 | Student | Robbery | Murder, Mutilation of corpse | Sentenced to life imprisonment | Unchanged |
| 11 | Chan Hun-kau (陳肯構) |
15 | Student | - | Assault | Sentenced to 21 months in prison | - |
| 12 | Law Kwai-fun (羅桂芬) |
14 | Student | - | Assault | Sentenced to 21 months in prison | - |
| 13 | Wong Si-sing (黃詩城) |
14 | Student | - | Manslaughter | Sentenced to 16 months in juvenile detention | - |
| Tainted Witness | Shek Tsz-kin (石子健) |
16 | Student | - | Manslaughter | Sentenced to 5 years in prison | - |