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HONG KONG: Hong Kong police arrested a South Korean man on suspicion of murder on Sunday after his wife and seven-year-old son were found dead in a room at the five star Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
Officers rushed to the hotel after receiving a report on Sunday morning that a man and a woman were fighting.
The woman and a boy were found dead at the scene and the man was arrested on suspicion of murder and sent to a hospital.
Officers found the bodies after being called to the luxury hotel at 8:30am to investigate a reported assault, police told Reuters.
The man appeared drunk and injured when he was arrested, police said, and he was sent to hospital.
Ritz Carlton did not immediately respond to requests for comments by phone and by email, and the South Korean consulate could not be reached as it was outside office hours. According to local news site Apple Daily, the couple, in their 40s, and their seven-year-old son were of Korean nationality and had checked into the five-star hotel a few days before.
No further details are immediately available.
The Ritz-Carlton is located on the top 15 floors of Hong Kong's tallest building, the International Commerce Centre, and overlooks the Victoria Harbour. In a separate incident, Hong Kong police are also investigating the murder-suicide of a couple who were found dead at a public housing estate near the border with mainland China, local media reported.
Reuters/ AFP
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