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Glory Chau & Moon Siu

Glory Chau Wing-ki, 65, and Moon Siu Yuet-yee, 63, were a couple murdered in Hong Kong. 

On 12th March 2013, 5 days after filing a missing persons report, the 2 sons of Glory and Moon heard from the police that there were no records of their parents leaving Hong Kong. Thus on 13th March 2013, Henry Chau Hoi-leung and his older brother approached Apple Daily, claiming that they had not heard from their parents since 2nd March. Henry states that before their disappearance, his parents had informed him that they were planning to travel to mainland China. The brothers then created a Facebook page titled, "My missing dad and mom", and asked their friends and the public for any information that could link to their parents' whereabouts. 

On 14th March 2013, Henry Chau was invited to the police station for further questioning. Apple Daily released articles about the Chau brothers' struggle to find their missing parents. During the police interview, Henry texted his friends in a WhatsApp group "HK-Tekken" and confessed to the crime. Henry even described the details and reasons for the murder.

On 15th March 2013, a day after the interview, Henry and his friend, Angus Tse Chun-kei, were indicted for killing and dismembering Henry's parents in Tse's Tai Kok Tsui flat in the Long Beach Building. According to reports, Henry invited his parents to visit Angus' flat, telling them that it was a new flat he had just rented, and murdered his parents with Angus. 

During further interrogation and investigation, Henry claimed that he and Angus coordinated the attack the moment Glory Chau and Moon Siu arrived in the living room because this was the time "when they felt ready". Henry described his accomplice Angus was a "very powerful" man who covered Moon Siu's mouth from behind while slashing her throat. Henry Chau admitted to stabbing his father in the back of the neck, but stated Angus had finished to job by slashing Glory Chau's throat. The autopsy report further confirmed the cause of death. 

Henry returned to the Tai Kok Tsui crime scene 4 days after the incident, at the time when Angus had all the body parts dismembered, salted, refrigerated, and demoisturised. Henry described his role in the double murder as "killing only", while Angus dismembered the bodies. 

According to Henry, Angus initially attempted to disguise the remains as bricks by covering them with cement and sand. Then he came up with an easier plan to cook the remains of the bodies and disguise them as Char Siu, barbecued pork. Some of the remains were also covered with sand and thrown into the sea. During the investigation held on 15th March 2013, the heads of the 2 victims were found inside the 2 separate refrigerators. In those refrigerators, lunch boxes containing microwaved human flesh, and 3 bags containing chopped limbs and other body parts were found. According to the video interviews shown to the jury, Henry said that his father was "an arrogant man who left Henry without a moment of peace" while his mother "always looked sadly when Henry did not contribute to the family." "I thought that if I could resolve the emotional connection with my parents, it would be a solution," he said. "If they died, I could be reborn." He blamed his parents for his failures in life, such as his father distracting his studies by watching television at high volume, and his mother forcing him to practice the piano and humiliating him in front of a girl. 

The Court of First Instance began the first hearing on 4th August 2014, with both Henry and Angus as the defendants. The initial jury of 7 was reduced to 6 during the first week of testimony. Soon after, another jury member asked for dismissal due to the psychological stress burdening him. On 13th August 2014, High Court Deputy Judge Michael Stuart Moore announced that the case would have to be restarted with a fresh jury of 9. 

The trial resumed in February 2015. Throughout the course of the trial, Henry's defence argued on the basis of diminished responsibility due to his mental instability, while the prosecution stressed the meticulous planning of Henry Chau and his multiple confessions. 

On 9th March 2015, the defence lawyer, Nicholas Adams, called psychiatrist Chung Ka-fai to the stand. Chung diagnosed Henry with bipolar disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. Chung stated that Henry had experienced many suicidal thoughts after dropping out of college, being rejected by women, and being unemployed, giving a possible psychological trigger for the murder. 

The consultant of Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre, Lui Sing-Heung, conducted an IQ test for Angus and Henry. Henry's IQ was found to be 126, higher than average, while Angus' IQ is 84. Lui argued the possibility that Henry, having such a higher IQ than Angus, could have manipulated and framed Angus for the murder. On 20th March 2015, the verdict was passed. High Court deputy judge Michael Stuart-Moore found Henry guilty of double murder while finding his accomplice Angus not guilty on both counts of murder. Henry was sentenced to life imprisonment while Angus was sentenced to 1 year for preventing the lawful burial of the bodies. As Angus had already been detained for 2 years on remand, he was released immediately.