A Murder Erased (被消失的凶案)

Please take a seat.

Mr.Santos and Ms.Chan will be here in a bit,

please take a seat everyone.

- Thank you. - Where's the bathroom?

Right side of the corridor,

male bathroom is right down by the stairs we came from.

Thank you.

Officer Cheung.

Ms.Chan

We've been in touch over the phone many times, nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

Where's LOK Ying Choi ?

He just went to the bathroom.

Officer MA Man Chiu.

No need to guide me there

Thank you.

That'll be all.

I'll show you the way.

I know where to go.

My apologies, my apologies.

I've just been having a chat with a friend,

That's why I'm late. How are you all?

Hello.

I'm CHEUNG Ka Yan.

Pleasure to meet you.

And to you.

Nice to meet you.

I'm Jack Santos, I asked you all over today.

To gain some clarity over some details

regarding the case of the recently discovered body of WU Ying Yung.

Because I've researched it before.

Don't worry, it's nothing much, just small talk.

Mollie, you can start.

Okay. Well, our files show that

on the 10th of March, 2021

on Cheung Sha Wan and Tong Fat Street 146 we discovered a body.

At the bottom of the stairs of a basement,

can you give us the lowdown from this point onwards?

Sure. On the 10th of March, 2021

upon discovering a human corpse.

We did a forensics check,

verifying it as a male body, deceased for eight years.

Time of death around late 2012 or early 2013.

Time of death around late 2012 or early 2013.

The most important clue we uncovered when finding these remains,

was that in 2021

a restaurant called "Lun Yuen Restaurant"

planned to build a connecting part between two connected shops.

Planned to build a connecting part between two connected shops.

What is it?

Human remains!

What are the renovation crew doing?

They said that they'd dig a hole through the channel here.

Based on witness accounts and missing persons reports,

Towards the end of 2012,

there was a missing tenant by the name of WU Ying Yung.

Within a month of his disappearance, his wife,

YAN Fung Ping, broke the lease in his place.

At the time of this particular case,

YAN Fung Ping had passed away three years ago.

Later on we tracked down their son, WU Tsun Tung.

The forensics expert suggested at the time,

that we take WU Tsun Tung's DNA sample

and the DNA sample from the human remains

for scientific examination to verify the source of the remains.

Finally confirmed the source of the remains,

it was the husband of YAN Fung Ping, who went by the name of

WU Ying Yung.

OK, So you connected the missing person to the case of WU Ying Yung.

Then tracked down his son,

the wife had already passed away at the time of the incident.

The wife after the disappearance of the deceased

moved in with a man by the name of CHAN Wing Chiu.

This is CHAN Wing Chiu.

You suspect adultery came into play?

Yes,

because YAN Fung Ping broke the lease a month after the disappearance of Wu Ying Yung.

Because YAN Fung Ping broke the lease a month after the disappearance of Wu Ying Yung.

And started living with a man named CHAN Wing Chiu in the same block.

And started living with a man named CHAN Wing Chiu in the same block.

Did you know WU Ying Yung?

Nope.

You slept with his wife, and you say you don't know him?

His wife and I got to know each other only after he'd gone missing.

According to our information,

they brought WU Tsun Tung to live in Shenzhen for two years.

Because WU Tsun Tung started high school in 2015.

They moved back to Hong Kong for the sake of the children.

The motive for killing is obvious.

But YAN Fung Ping had already passed away.

On 20th October 2017,

YAN Fung Ping died of leukemia at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

We couldn't ask her any questions

and had no way of knowing any motive she might have had.

Very strange. According to our information,

half a year or so before WU Ying Yung went missing.

The other two tenants in this unit, both moved out.

We tracked them down and interrogated them.

You really don't recognize the deceased WU Ying Yung?

Of course not, why would I recognize him?

He's a gangster, body full of tattoos, piece of trash.

He's a gangster, body full of tattoos, piece of trash.

Always beating his wife and child.

Just an all-around terrifying guy.

What about you?

Well, he was very vicious

talking about violence and killing all day long,

foulmouthed too. We never crossed paths.

Never? What about you?

Did you go visit your wife often?

I'd rarely go to their place to meet her.

We'd usually meet up elsewhere

or I'd invite them over.

So you were talking about that WU Ying Yung.

Actually, I didn't know him.

As for the tenants, there was another woman called FUNG Yim.

Did you recognize the deceased WU Ying Yung?

No.

According to the landlord's lease records,

the person who rented this unit was called CHEUNG Chi Man,

But that's neither of you.

I'm his cousin.

Why use his name to rent this space?

For what reason? Did you live there?

No particular reason, and we didn't live there.

You had a unit at Tai Kok Tsui.

Why rent another unit for your wife?

I didn't... officer,

I only lived there because I had no other options.

Please continue.

I used to work at an accounting firm.

But owing to

a moment of greed.

I stole a Million Yuan from the company

intending to borrow it for a bout of gambling in Macau.

Not expecting to lose everything.

Returned terrified, not knowing what to do

and needed someplace to hide where no one could find me.

And needed someplace to hide where no one could find me.

Not knowing how I would replace the funds I'd stolen.

Turns out,

It was pointless to keep running.

Turned myself in

and was sentenced to a year and a half in prison.

Good thing you came clean.

We knew about your criminal record beforehand.

Just wanted to question you again.

You really weren't acquainted with WU Ying Yung?

Officer, I'm telling you,

I was not acquainted with that WU Ying Yung whatsoever.

Didn't know him, other peoples' matters aren't my concern.

They didn't want to admit.

Afterwards we found a male tenant who still lives there,

Afterwards we found a male tenant who still lives there,

by the name of HO Cheuk Man.

Please continue.

He's a gangster, nicknamed "Scared Face Yung",

because he had a knife scar on his face.

He was despicable, sordid, fierce and evil.

Lived with his wife and kid in one of the rooms.

Always beating his wife, Vicious man.

Disobedient little rascal!

What're you looking at? I'll beat you too!

Can't even look? No need to be so vicious.

After many inquiries,

We couldn't secure any definitive evidence.

And so, we classified the cause of death as 'unknown'.

And so, we classified the cause of death as 'unknown'.

We found a hole caused by the blunt force of hard object in the skull of the deceased.

We found a hole caused by the blunt force of hard object in the skull of the deceased.

But did it show evidence of death?

Or was it delivered and caused after the victim's death?

Or was it delivered and caused after the victim's death?

We really couldn't say. But in the medical report it was stated that

the hole was caused by the impact of a sharp and hard object.

Because eight years have passed by now,

It's difficult to deduce whether it was the cause of death.

Understood.

And back in the day when you were investigating the case up till this point

and everything seemed to be over.

The decision to reopen this investigation

was the result of the appearance of an individual by the name of LOK Ying Choi.

So, you.

I want to ask you.

Why choose to reopen this investigation?

Well, yes,

I was transferred from the Anti-Drug Squad.

After receiving this case,

I felt there were some aspects of it worth further investigation.

Frankly,

this was the only task I had at the time

and I put all my effort into it.

Play Suona Horn

Ha! Yes.

But now it's just records,

No live bands,

No work, unfortunately,

No work

What to do?

Do a bit of temporary work.