SIX HONG KONG RESIDENTS FACE MACAU MURDER TRIAL scmp.com
Six Hong Kong residents, three Thais, two mainlanders and one Macau resident have been charged with organized crime, brutal murder and dismembering in relation to the death of Lai King-man, 60, nicknamed "Police Man", Macau's Public Prosecutions Office said yesterday.
The crime is believed to be gang-related. Lai and one of the gang members, last name Ma, had a dispute over money. On the night of September 6, Lai was dragged from the Venetian Macao casino and held in a VIP room in a restaurant. He was then stabbed to death and dismembered in what one of the prosecutors described as an "atrocious crime".
Lai reportedly had debts of 2 million yuan (HK$2.27 million) - two decades after he lost the money in an underground casino in Shenzhen.
It is unclear why his creditor, who ran the casino, began to chase the 20-year-old debt last year.