A 19-year-old teenager has admitted splashing corrosive liquid on a Singaporean tourist in Hong Kong last year, leaving her with second-degree burns.
The High Court on Thursday heard the guilty plea from Anson Kew, who was 17 when he threw a corrosive solution at 36-year-old Jiang Wen, who was visiting the city, on June 9 last year.
Jiang was getting into a vehicle in Wan Chai when Kew, dressed in black and wearing a mask, ambushed her.
She screamed in pain and collapsed after feeling an intense burning sensation on her face and legs, as Kew fled the scene.