Exclusive | Hong Kong man among nine standing trial in Shenzhen over kidnapping of Bossini heiress Queenie Rosita Law
Trial begins at Shenzhen Intermediate Court on Thursday, but lawyers have questioned the arrangement for mainland courts to handle the case
A Hong Kong man is among nine people standing trial in Shenzhen on Thursday over the high-profile kidnapping of an heiress to apparel chain Bossini last year.
The trial will be held at the Shenzhen Intermediate Court and is expected to last two days.
Lawyers on both sides of the border have questioned the arrangement for mainland courts to handle the case, noting that the principal acts took place in Hong Kong – at the Sai Kung home of Queenie Rosita Law, the granddaughter of Bossini founder Law Ting-pong.
She was held captive for three days before being freed in April last year after a ransom of HK$28 million was paid.
But mainland authorities insisted they had jurisdiction over the case, arguing the gang had plotted the crime in Shenzhen.
Hong Kong and the mainland have no fugitive transfer agreements in place.
Six of the mainlanders face kidnapping charges, while a seventh man and the Hongkonger, a middle-aged, long-time mainland resident, were charged with handling stolen property, sources with knowledge of the case told the Post.
