An overly-suspicious Hong Kong businesswoman – who, lacking trust in banks, turned her bedroom into a personal safe for years – lost over HKD2 million in cash and HKD100,000 worth of gold ornaments when her Mong Kok flat was burgled on Tuesday, it has been reported.
The divorced lady, surnamed Chui, did well to keep her stash safe for so long, it seems. According to an SCMP source “with knowledge of the investigation” (i.e. a gobby copper), initial reports indicate that no-one should have known that the 58-year-old hid her assets in the flat, which just happens to be 100 metres from a police station.
Apparently, even the woman’s three daughters were unaware of their mother’s personal savings account in a wardrobe drawer, even though the drawer was left unlocked.
Chui found that the flat’s door had been prised open when she returned home on Tuesday evening. A police spokesperson confirmed that the three-bedroom apartment in Lei Yin Building on Nathan Road had been ransacked between 10am and 3pm.
As no other apartment in the building was broken into, police are considering the theory that the crime may have been an inside job, a second source/gobby copper revealed.
No arrests have been made as of yet, but police are attempting to identify the thief from the CCTV footage.
