Three men holding charged with manslaughter, preventing the lawful burial of a body and trafficking in dangerous drugs

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     Police today (December 28) laid holding charges against two men, aged 51 and 62, jointly with one count of manslaughter. They were laid holding charges jointly with another 20-year-old man with one count of preventing the lawful burial of a body. The 51-year-old man was also laid a holding charge with one count of trafficking in dangerous drugs.

     The three men were arrested on December 25 and 26 in connection with a manslaughter case happened in Sheung Shui on December 23 in which a 22-year-old man died.

     The case will be mentioned at Fanling Magistrates’ Courts this morning.