Key facts
- A landlord and tenant were arrested in Hong Kong following a violent rental dispute.
- The incident involved a suspected corrosive liquid being thrown, later determined to be non-corrosive.
- Both individuals were arrested on suspicion of common assault.
- A separate incident in Yau Ma Tei involved a landlord being stabbed with a cleaver by his tenant.
- Another violent dispute in Tuen Mun, stemming from air conditioning condensation issues, resulted in three injuries.
A rental dispute in Hong Kong escalated into violence, leading to arrests in at least two separate incidents. In Mong Kok, a 41-year-old landlord and his 42-year-old tenant were arrested on suspicion of common assault after a scuffle involving a suspected corrosive liquid, which firefighters later determined was not harmful. Both men sustained minor injuries.
In a separate incident in Yau Ma Tei, a 57-year-old landlord was hospitalized with a head wound after being attacked with a 30-centimeter kitchen cleaver by his 63-year-old tenant. Police arrested the tenant on suspicion of wounding.
Furthermore, a long-standing dispute over air conditioning condensation between upstairs and downstairs residents in Tuen Mun's Tai Hing Estate resulted in a violent confrontation where a man allegedly attacked a father and daughter with a cleaver, injuring three people. The Housing Department is providing support to the affected family and is considering issuing a notice to quit to the alleged assailant.