The alleged robbery happened in this part of Chater Road on Sunday night |
A Filipino man reported being attacked by three unidentified assailants on Chater Road near Statue Square in Central at about 9pm on Sunday, who then fled with his jewelry worth more than $47,000 in total.
According to the police, the 51-year-old victim said
he lost his necklace, bracelet and two rings to the three men who attacked him.
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The rings were valued at $8,200, the bracelet was
worth $21,000 and the necklace, $18,000.
The victim said he did not know any of his assailants.
The police said the man was injured in the reported
robbery and assault but was conscious when he was sent to Ruttonjee Hospital
for treatment.
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Officers tried to look for the culprits in the
surrounding areas but failed to find them.
This followed a similar incident in Central at about
6pm the day before, when a foreign woman reported being robbed of the $2,500
she had just taken out of an ATM beside Pier 5 on Man Kwong Road.
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According to the 46-year-old victim she was still
holding the money when a man and a woman suddenly seized it from her hand, then
ran away.
A local female, aged 25, was apprehended in
connection with the robbery shortly afterwards, but the man managed to evade
arrest.
The female suspect was taken away by the police for
questioning.
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