AdvertisementCrime in Hong KongHong KongLaw and CrimeHK$751,000 worth of jewellery stolen while owners dine at Hong Kong luxury home
Owner of home at Greenwood Terrace in Fo Tan said jewellery box pried open, with 10 necklaces, 15 rings and six brooches missing
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Residents of a luxury home in Hong Kong have lost jewellery worth HK$751,000 after a break-in while they were dining downstairs.
Police received a report of the break-in at 9.50pm on Saturday from a 69-year-old man, the owner of the two-storey house at Greenwood Terrace on Sui Wo Road in Fo Tan.
He said his master bedroom had been broken into and a jewellery box pried open, with 10 necklaces, 15 rings and six brooches missing.
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The loss was estimated at about HK$751,000 (US$95,838).
The man said he had checked the bedroom around 6pm before joining his family for dinner in the ground-floor living room.
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When he later returned, he found the bedroom door locked from inside. After unlocking it, he discovered the room had been ransacked and the jewellery stolen.
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