Two Tour Guides Charged in HK Death of Tourist Plead Not Guilty

(Hong Kong) – Two men charged with manslaughter in Hong Kong over the death of a mainland tourist during an altercation over shopping pleaded not guilty during a hearing on October 22 – as the leader of the city said the tourism industry needs to clean up its act.

Tour guides Ricky Woo Yin-nan, a 44-year-old Hongkonger, and Liu Yang, a 32-year-old mainlander, each pleaded not guilty in Kowloon City Magistrates' Court to one charge of manslaughter in the death of a tourist named Miao Chunqi, 54,from the northeastern province of Heilongjiang.