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PUBLISHED : Friday, 23 October, 2015, 2:41pm
UPDATED : Friday, 23 October, 2015, 2:51pm
A suspect takes part in a crime scene reconstruction after the death of a mainland Chinese tourist who was allegedly beaten up on Monday. Photo: Felix Wong
Police have launched an investigation into a Hong Kong travel agency linked to a mainland Chinese tourist who died after he was allegedly dragged out of a jewellery store and beaten unconscious.
Miao Chunqi, 54, died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Tuesday, a day after he was allegedly attacked when he tried to mediate in a dispute between a colleague and a tour guide.
The probe began after staff from the Travel Industry Council went to North Point police station yesterday afternoon and lodged a compliant against Tian Ma International (Hong Kong) Travel over alleged forged documents.
The council’s executive director Joseph Tung Yao-chung said information about the mainland tour group, submitted by Tian Ma, might have contained a false declaration.
He said the document showed that a mainland-registered travel agency was responsible for organising the tour group Miao joined in Shenzhen.
But he said the council was told Shenzhen’s tourism authority did not receive any information to indicate the mainland travel agency organised the tour.
“Because of suspected forged information, we lodged a complaint to police,” Tung said.
Police are treating the case as “request police investigation”. Detectives from Kowloon City police district have been assigned to investigate. So far, no one has been arrested.
The sole director of Tian Ma International (Hong Kong) Travel Limited is Lam Tuen Hung, according to the Companies Registry. The date of incorporation was September 14, 2012.
Lam is also the sole director of Flying Horse International Travel Holdings Company Limited, incorporated on September 8 this year.
Both travel agencies are situation on the third floor of the Hang Fung Industrial Building in Hok Yuen Street, Hung Hom but their offices are in different flats.
Miao and his female colleague joined the tour group and arrived from Shenzhen on Monday.
On Monday, Miao was dragged out of a jewellery shop in Hung Hom and allegedly beaten unconscious while trying to mediate in a dispute between his colleague and their tour group leader from the mainland. He died a day later.
Police are still searching for two other men in connection with the alleged beating.
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