Reward for information about acid bottle case in Mong Kok
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Police are offering a $300,000 reward for information that helps solve the case in Mong Kok yesterday (May 16) when two bottles containing suspected corrosive fluid were thrown from a building into the street below.

About 4.47pm yesterday, police received a report that two plastic bottles had been thrown from a building at Sai Yeung Choi Street South near Soy Street.

When police arrived at the scene, they found that 30 passers-by - 16 men and 14 women aged from 3 to 48 - had been burnt by the fluid. They were taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Kwong Wah Hospital for treatment. All were discharged except a 16-year-old girl who was admitted to Kwong Wah Hospital and is now in stable condition.

Police have classified the case as throwing corrosive fluid with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

The case has been consolidated with another similar incident happened on December 13, 2008 at the same street for investigations. Active investigations by the Regional Crime Squad, Kowloon West are underway.

Police appeal to anyone who has information on the case to contact any police station or the investigating officers on 2761 2401.

They can also give the information by letter to General Post Office Box No.999, by fax at 2520 2828 or by email to crimeinformation@police.gov.hk.

The reward will be paid either in full or pro-rata to any person or shared among people giving information leading to the arrest and satisfactory prosecution of those responsible for the attack. The reward is valid for six months.

Police Report No. 6
Issued by PPRB

Ends/Sunday, May 17, 2009