Ex-HSBC banker acquitted of assaulting wife amid divorce battle

A Hong Kong court has acquitted a former HSBC banker of assaulting his wife at their home in a luxury seaside estate last year, suggesting she may have framed him to gain an advantage in divorce proceedings. Kenneth Tung Hoi-yi, who previously led the bank’s financial sponsors group in Asia-Pacific, was also awarded legal costs on Tuesday, after Eastern Court decided that he did not draw suspicion upon himself during the alleged incident at Redhill Peninsula on southern Hong Kong Island on Ap...

By Brian Wong