HONG KONG, CHINA - A teen told police that she was being haunted by a ghost and then a tortured woman's skull was found in a Hello Kitty doll, according to authorities.
Fan Man-yee, a 23-year-old nightclub hostess in Hong Kong, was abducted, tortured, and then killed by three men in 1999. The crime became internationally known as the "Hello Kitty Murder" after her skull was found sewn inside a Hello Kitty mermaid doll, PEOPLE reported.
The meth-fueled crime began with a debt that Man-yee owed. She owed around HK$20,000 — about $2,500 USD at the time — to Chan Man-lok, a local gangster and member of a triad, Hong Kong's organized-crime syndicates.
Chan, along with Leung Shing-Cho and Leung Wai-lun, abducted Man-yee and took her to a third-floor apartment, decorated with Hello Kitty merchandise. Prosecutors and experts later confirmed that the three men were high on methamphetamine for much of the abduction and murder, which was a month-long ordeal.
Over the next several weeks, Man-yee was beaten, starved, and restrained. A 13-year-old girl, later known in court as Ah Fong, testified that she witnessed, and at times took part in, the attacks on Man-yee. Ah Fong said Man-yee was burned with hot objects, struck with water pipes, and once tied to a rack with her hands crossed over her head for several hours.
The teenager, who had run away from home and became involved with Chan's group, described to police a flat where methamphetamine use was constant and violence frequent. Man-yee was assaulted "almost every day," according to court records, and as the abuse continued, her condition deteriorated.
She eventually died from her injuries, though the exact cause of death could not be determined because of the condition of her remains. In May 1999, Ah Fong went to a Tsim Sha Tsui police station and told officers that she was haunted by the ghost of a woman who had died in the flat.
Police went to her apartment and found three bags containing Man-yee's dismembered remains. Her skull had been sewn inside a Hello Kitty mermaid plush doll, while other body parts were discarded with household trash and never recovered.
The case drew widespread attention in Hong Kong, a city known for its low homicide rate. "Never in Hong Kong in recent years has a court heard of such cruelty, depravity, callousness, brutality, violence, and viciousness. The public is entitled to protection from people such as you," Justice Peter Nguyen, who presided over the trial, said.
After a six-week trial, the jury convicted Chan, Leung, and Leung of manslaughter rather than murder, finding there was insufficient evidence to determine how Man-yee died. All three men were sentenced to life in prison. Ah Fong, who cooperated with police and testified in court, was granted immunity.
Fan Man-yee, a 23-year-old nightclub hostess in Hong Kong, was abducted, tortured, and then killed by three men in 1999. The crime became internationally known as the "Hello Kitty Murder" after her skull was found sewn inside a Hello Kitty mermaid doll, PEOPLE reported.
The meth-fueled crime began with a debt that Man-yee owed. She owed around HK$20,000 — about $2,500 USD at the time — to Chan Man-lok, a local gangster and member of a triad, Hong Kong's organized-crime syndicates.
Chan, along with Leung Shing-Cho and Leung Wai-lun, abducted Man-yee and took her to a third-floor apartment, decorated with Hello Kitty merchandise. Prosecutors and experts later confirmed that the three men were high on methamphetamine for much of the abduction and murder, which was a month-long ordeal.
Over the next several weeks, Man-yee was beaten, starved, and restrained. A 13-year-old girl, later known in court as Ah Fong, testified that she witnessed, and at times took part in, the attacks on Man-yee. Ah Fong said Man-yee was burned with hot objects, struck with water pipes, and once tied to a rack with her hands crossed over her head for several hours.
The teenager, who had run away from home and became involved with Chan's group, described to police a flat where methamphetamine use was constant and violence frequent. Man-yee was assaulted "almost every day," according to court records, and as the abuse continued, her condition deteriorated.
She eventually died from her injuries, though the exact cause of death could not be determined because of the condition of her remains. In May 1999, Ah Fong went to a Tsim Sha Tsui police station and told officers that she was haunted by the ghost of a woman who had died in the flat.
Police went to her apartment and found three bags containing Man-yee's dismembered remains. Her skull had been sewn inside a Hello Kitty mermaid plush doll, while other body parts were discarded with household trash and never recovered.
The case drew widespread attention in Hong Kong, a city known for its low homicide rate. "Never in Hong Kong in recent years has a court heard of such cruelty, depravity, callousness, brutality, violence, and viciousness. The public is entitled to protection from people such as you," Justice Peter Nguyen, who presided over the trial, said.
After a six-week trial, the jury convicted Chan, Leung, and Leung of manslaughter rather than murder, finding there was insufficient evidence to determine how Man-yee died. All three men were sentenced to life in prison. Ah Fong, who cooperated with police and testified in court, was granted immunity.
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