The case of 28-year-old socialite Cai Tianfeng being murdered and dismembered for cooking has made new progress. The police yesterday arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of assisting crimes. It is reported that he was a friend of the deceased’s ex-husband Kwong Kong-chi and tried to assist him in absconding by water. In the mainland, six people have been arrested in the case so far. In addition, the police announced the end of the search operation at the Ta Kwu Ling landfill after 3 days without finding any important evidence related to the case.
Superintendent Chung Ya-lun of the Criminal Department of West Kowloon Region explained the case last night, saying that the police arrested a 41-year-old man surnamed Lin in Sheung Wan yesterday morning on suspicion of assisting criminals. He pointed out that the arrested person worked for a yacht charter company and tried to collect a reward of several hundred thousand to assist one of the defendants in the case to leave Hong Kong by water and abscond to the mainland. As for the relationship between the arrested man and the ex-husband’s family who were arrested earlier in the same case, Zhong Yalun pointed out that it is still under investigation, but he believed that he knew about assisting the defendant in absconding, so he was detained overnight at the police station for investigation last night.
As only part of the deceased’s limbs have been recovered so far, the police searched for evidence at the Ta Kwu Ling landfill for the third consecutive day yesterday. Zhong Yalun pointed out last night that the police locked down an area about the size of a football field to search, but found no important evidence, and declared the end of the operation. Zhong Yalun described finding 2 or 3 garbage bags among 3 or 4,000 tons of garbage dumps as looking for a needle in a haystack. Although the stumps could not be recovered, strong evidence has been obtained, and he emphasized that he will not give up any clues until every person The insider and the murderer involved in the case were brought to justice. He also said that he had contacted the victim’s family and the search was over, and the other party expressed their understanding and thanked the police officers who participated in the investigation.
So far, 6 people have been arrested in Cai Tianfeng’s dismembered body case. The remaining 5 people, including ex-husband Kwong Kong-chi, former family member Kwong Qiu and former uncle Kwong Gang-jie, have been charged with one count of murder. Former aunt Li Ruixiang is charged with obstructing justice , the case will be heard again on May 8. In addition, the 47-year-old mistress surnamed Wu of the former family was arrested on suspicion of assisting criminals and was released on bail pending investigation.
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