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Man burns himself to death in front of Hong Kong diners
Jul 13, 2009, 2:36 GMT
Hong Kong - A man poured paint thinner over himself and burned himself to death in front of his wife and diners at a Hong Kong seafood restaurant, police said Monday.
The 54-year-old man, named by local media as Ng Wai-chung, went to the restaurant Sunday evening apparently to confront his wife who works at the eatery over a domestic issue.
He pulled out a bottle of paint thinner from a backpack, doused himself with it and then pulled out a lighter and set fire to himself in the city's Chai Wan district.
Ng was declared dead at the scene while his 48-year-old wife and another female restaurant employee were badly injured in the blaze and taken to hospital, a police spokesman said.
Cases of domestic violence and abuse have risen sharply over the past two years in the city of 7 million badly hit by the global economic crisis.
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