Hong Kong man gets 4 years for fatal fight over bicycle payment

A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to four years in prison for fatally assaulting a construction worker who refused to pay HK$800 (US$102) for a bicycle from the defendant. The High Court on Monday sentenced Wong Koon-ming for manslaughter after a seven-member jury earlier this year cleared him of murder but convicted him of the lesser charge following a week-long trial. The court heard that Wong, 50 and unemployed, was involved in a violent street brawl with 58-year-old Lo Chun-shing at Tin ...

By Brian Wong