HONG KONG: A Hong Kong university professor was charged with his wife’s murder on Wednesday, a day after her decomposing body was found inside a suitcase in his campus office, reports said.
Hong Kong University mechanical engineering associate professor Cheung Kie-chung was taken away by police on Tuesday, according to the South China Morning Post and other news media.
Cheung, 53, had reported that his 52-year-old wife walked out after an argument on Aug. 17. She was believed to have been dead for several days when her body was found Tuesday dressed only in her underwear with an electric wire around her neck suggesting strangulation, Singapore’s Straits Times newspaper reported.
The Post said a post-mortem examination was being conducted to ascertain the exact cause of death.
Despite Cheung’s claim, there was no security camera footage showing his wife, who was not named in the reports, leaving the dormitory where she lived with her husband and an adult daughter and son. He was later seen leaving with a wooden box, the reports said, adding that the suitcase containing the body had been encased inside a sealed wooden box.
Cheung’s arrest came days after the start of the trial in Hong Kong of an anesthesiologist charged with killing his wife and daughter by placing a leaking yoga ball filled with deadly carbon monoxide in their car.
Malaysian citizen Khaw Kim-sun, 53, was allegedly having an affair and had become estranged from his wife and four children, although they continued to live together. Khaw, who has pleaded not guilty, was arrested in September.
Prof. charged with murder after wife’s body found in office
Prof. charged with murder after wife’s body found in office
- Cheung, 53, had reported that his 52-year-old wife walked out after an argument on Aug. 17
- She was believed to have been dead for several days when her body was found Tuesday dressed only in her underwear with an electric wire around her neck
Socialist defeats far-right candidate in Portugal’s presidential runoff, exit polls show
- The presidency is a largely ceremonial role in Portugal but wields some key powers such as veto legislation
LISBON: Moderate Socialist Antonio Jose Seguro appeared to be headed for a landslide victory in Portugal’s presidential runoff on Sunday, with two exit polls putting him in the 67 percent-73 percent range, well ahead of his far-right, anti-establishment rival Andre Ventura.
The exit polls conducted for television channels RTP, SIC and TVI/CNN placed Ventura at 27 percent-33 percent, still a better result than the 22.8 percent his anti-immigration Chega party achieved in last year’s general election.
Last year, Chega became the second-largest parliamentary force, overtaking the Socialists and landing behind the center-right ruling alliance, which garnered 31.2 percent.
Despite his loss on Sunday, 43-year-old Ventura, a charismatic former TV sports commentator, can now boast increased support, reflecting the growing influence of the far right in Portugal and much of Europe.
The presidency is a largely ceremonial role in Portugal but wields some key powers, including in some circumstances to dissolve parliament, to call a snap parliamentary election, and to veto legislation.
