Event Brief
Hong Kong man sentenced to indefinite psychiatric care
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 22, 2026 at 3:10 AM ET
Summary: The High Court sentenced Szeto Sing-kwong, 43, to an indefinite period of mandatory psychiatric treatment and supervision at Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre in Tuen Mun. He pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility after stabbing two women to death during a schizophrenic episode in 2023.
WHO: High Court; Szeto Sing-kwong
WHAT: Ordered indefinite mandatory psychiatric treatment and supervision after a fatal stabbing attack.
WHEN: Sep 22, 2026
WHERE: Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
WHY: The court accepted diminished responsibility after he experienced an acute relapse of paranoid schizophrenia at the time of the 2023 attack.
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