First pic of Brit Jamie Chapman charged with murder in Hong Kong after housekeeper ‘hit in head & drowned in waterfall’
Date: 2024-11-01A BRITISH banker charged with murder in Hong Kong has finally been pictured after a housekeeper was found dead at the bottom of a waterfall.
Jamie Tzewee Chapman, 34, made his first court appearance today after allegedly evading cops when fleeing to mainland China with his wife.
Police officers cordon off the waterfall park where a woman’s body was found[/caption]
Police superintendent Sin Kwok-ming said her clothes remained untouched, possibly ruling out a physical altercation.
Sin said that the Brit was suspected because of his behaviour, and because he did not report the incident.
The official said: “A lot of things about him were unreasonable.
“[…] Some evidence had also disappeared for no reason.
“All these circumstances suggest that this is not a case of natural death.”
The Indonesian consulate and her employment agency will help repatriate the remains, and the consulate general will keep an eye on the investigation.
She was from Cilacap in Central Java province, said Judha Nugraha, director of protection of Indonesian citizens and legal entities.
According to local media, Chapman and his Hong Kong wife settled in the city after marrying, where they ran a small business together.
The couple were caught and arrested at a high-speed railway station in West Kowloon on Tuesday after coming back from mainland China.
The wife, 36, was arrested on suspicion of aiding a criminal and then freed on bail pending further investigation.
