Woman threw acid at Hong Kong shopkeeper because he was ‘old, fat, short and ugly’

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A psychiatric assessment revealed the woman was schizophrenic.

A young Hong Kong woman has admitted throwing corrosive acid in a stranger’s face because she thought he was old, fat, short and ugly.

The assault took place at a shop run by Lam Shing-yip, 56, at the Dragon Centre mall in Sham Shui Po. Lam immediately felt pain and heat on his face and saw that his clothes were giving off fumes. He called police.

 

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