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Hong Kong teenager pleads guilty to acid attack on Singaporean tourist

Anson Kew pleaded guilty in the High Court to splashing corrosive liquid on Jiang Wen in Wan Chai last year.

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Nineteen-year-old Anson Kew pleaded guilty in Hong Kong's High Court to splashing corrosive liquid on 36-year-old Singaporean tourist Jiang Wen in Wan Chai on June 9 last year, causing second-degree burns.

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Anson Kew ambushed 36-year-old tourist Jiang Wen with a corrosive solution in Wan Chai on June 9 last year.

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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.

Hong Kong teenager pleads guilty to acid attack on Singaporean tourist

Anson Kew pleaded guilty in the High Court to splashing corrosive liquid on Jiang Wen in Wan Chai last year.

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Anson Kew ambushed 36-year-old tourist Jiang Wen with a corrosive solution in Wan Chai on June 9 last year.

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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.

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