A 41-year-old man has been returned to Hong Kong by Chinese authorities after evading arrest for his suspected involvement in an acid-throwing case from 2009, police said.
The suspect, surnamed Chim, was handed over to local police by the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department at Lok Ma Chau today.
Chim has been on the lam in China for around seven years, and was wanted for his part in an acid-throwing case at the District Court in Wan Chai, which injured barrister Neil Mitchell.
SCMP reports that Mitchell, then 52, suffered burns to his left cornea, ear, and cheek after two men threw a corrosive liquid at his face on the afternoon of Oct. 27, 2009. Mitchell was the prosecutor in a money laundering and fraud case at the time and was taking his lunch break when the incident occurred.
According to a police statement, the acid was thrown by two men. Nine men were later convicted for their involvement in the attack, and given sentences ranging from nine to 15 years.
Man Tat-shing, acting chief superintendent of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, said the crime was an attempt to “diminish and challenge the rule of law”.
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