Son sets home on fire because mom won’t lend him money

Lau’s Wong Tai Sin flat

A 23-year-old man surnamed Lau burned his Wong Tai Sin flat in anger after her mother refused to lend him money.

After he argued with his mother on the phone, it was suspected that he threw paper and an aluminium ladder down the street, then ignited the sofa at home with a cigarette butt and escaped the flat. The flat quickly caught on fire and neighbours escaped their flats, prompting a call to the firemen and police.

The young man, who has been jailed for two months previously because of throwing things out of his window, was arrested.

Source: The Sun
Photo: Wikimedia Commons




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