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Indefinite time in psychiatric ward for Hong Kong man who fatally stabbed 2 in mall

Indefinite time in psychiatric ward for Hong Kong man who fatally stabbed 2 in mall
South China Morning Post Tuesday 22 September 2026, 06:51 UTC By Brian Wong 1 min read
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A Hong Kong man with a mental disability has been sentenced to an indefinite period in a psychiatric hospital for stabbing two women to death in a frenzied knife attack at a shopping centre three years ago. The High Court on Tuesday ordered former warehouse worker Szeto Sing-kwong to receive mandatory psychiatric treatment and supervision at Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre in Tuen Mun, noting that he continued to display limited insight into his mental ailment after killing two people for no...

A Hong Kong man with a mental disability has been sentenced to an indefinite period in a psychiatric hospital for stabbing two women to death in a frenzied knife attack at a shopping centre three years ago. The High Court on Tuesday ordered former warehouse worker Szeto Sing-kwong to receive mandatory psychiatric treatment and supervision at Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre in Tuen Mun, noting that he continued to display limited insight into his mental ailment after killing two people for no logical...
Hong Kong (LOCATION) The High Court (ORG) Szeto Sing-kwong (PERSON) Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre (ORG) Tuen Mun (PERSON)
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