Tsui Po-ko
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PC Tsui Po-ko
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| Born | 17 May 1970 Shaowu, Fujian, China |
| Died | 17 March 2006 (aged 35) Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Police constable |
| Criminal charge | Robbery, murder |
| Criminal status | Deceased (killed during ambush on fellow officer) |
| Spouse(s) | Lee Po-ling |
| Children | 1 daughter |
Tsui Po-ko (Chinese: 徐步高) (17 May 1970 – 17 March 2006) was a police constable in the Hong Kong Police Force who was implicated in a number of crimes, including bank robbery and murder.
He died when he and another police constable shot each other in a gun battle in a Tsim Sha Tsui subway. The inquest into the events leading up to his death aroused great interest in Hong Kong, as it unravelled a string of intriguing events, and revealed the secret life of a policeman with a delusional state of mind.
On 25 April 2007, the five-person jury in the Coroner's court unanimously decided that Tsui was responsible for injuring one and killing two fellow police officers and a bank security guard, on three separate occasions. The jury returned a verdict that he had been "lawfully killed" by fellow officer Tsang Kwok-hang in a shootout. The inquest lasted 36 days, one of the longest ever inquests in Hong Kong.
Assistant Police Commissioner John Lee said that this was "an exceptional case". Coroner Michael Chan Pik-kiu called it "the most difficult" inquest for a jury he had ever encountered.
Tsui was the elder of two children born in Shaowu, Fujian, and arrived in Hong Kong in 1978 with his mother. His father and brother arrived a year later. He attended the Kwun Tong Government Industrial Secondary School (now Kwun Tong Kung Lok Government Secondary School). After graduation, he had several jobs, including a spell with the Royal Hong Kong Regiment.
Tsui joined the Royal Hong Kong Police in 1993; he regarded it as a well paid job with good benefits, and was a police constable for 13 years until his death in 2006. He was an outstanding cadet at the Hong Kong Police College, having won the "silver whistle".
Tsui was an excellent marksman. In 1993, he scored full marks in target shooting as well as simulated bank robbery shooting. From 2001 to 2005, in the tests held three times a year, he would score a faultless 48 points. According to shooting range records, he been trained to shoot left-handed. He had once claimed to a superior that he was ambidextrous.
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