Lam Chi-kwan, 50, and Chan Siu-kim, 46, each faced one count of manslaughter over death of 44-year-old woman who succumbed to severe liver failure six years ago.
Scammers posing as investment experts usually prey on targets through social media and sometimes deploy good-looking and sweet-talking con artists to lure victims. Amount of money the victims lost rose 268% from HK$35.9mil in the first two months last year.
Two former Cathay Pacific flight attendants were granted bail on Wednesday after a court charged them with flouting medical surveillance rules late last year around the start of Hong Kong’s ongoing coronavirus outbreak.