Hong Kong police are investigating a suspected suicide pact after an elderly couple were found dead in a public housing flat on Sunday, following the woman’s Parkinson’s disease diagnosis.
Police received a report at 2.39pm on Sunday that a man and a woman had been found unconscious inside a flat at King Wing House in Shan King Estate in Tuen Mun.
A tray of burnt charcoal was found at the scene.
The couple, a 72-year-old man surnamed Cheung and a 69-year-old woman surnamed Tse, were rushed to Tuen Mun Hospital where they were later pronounced dead.