In the early morning of the 19th, a tragic incident occurred in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, where two bodies were found after a couple jumped from their home in the Tai Hing Estate, resulting in two deaths at the scene.
According to initial police investigations, the female victim, surnamed Chen, was seven months pregnant. The couple, facing financial difficulties, wanted to undergo an abortion. However, according to the laws of both Hong Kong and Taiwan, hospitals are not allowed to perform abortions on fetuses more than six months old. After returning to Hong Kong, the couple ended their lives at home.
The man and woman fell from a height at 4am, the loud crash shocking other residents of the building who then called the police.
It is understood that among the deceased, the 35-year-old husband surnamed Huang was unemployed. He divorced his ex-wife, with whom he has three children, six years ago, and has been required by a court order to make monthly alimony payments. Since the year before last, Huang developed mental illness due to work stress, financial, and debt problems, and needed to receive regular hospital treatment; the 34-year-old wife, surnamed Chen, was also unemployed and had a heart condition since childhood. She started a relationship with Huang last year and married him this March.
By October, Chen was already seven months pregnant. As the couple's financial situation was dire, they decided to seek an abortion. On the 10th, the two traveled to Taiwan, but both Hong Kong and Taiwan regulations stipulate that legal termination of pregnancy is not permitted after six months. Unable to obtain an abortion in either place, they stayed in Taiwan for a week before returning to Hong Kong in despair. After giving their phone and online banking passwords to their family, they chose to end their lives.
After searching the couple's home, police found a debt letter from a bank stating that Huang owed HK$200,000, which should have been repaid before the end of July this year. Police also found a room key card for a Tuen Mun district hotel on Huang. Upon searching the room, they found luggage, passports, and two flight tickets dated the 17th for their return from Taiwan to Hong Kong, but no suicide note has been found yet.