Tsui Po-ko was a Police Constable of the Hong Kong Police Force, bank robber and serial killer.
20 Facts About Tsui Po-ko
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Tsui Po-ko is one of Hong Kong's most known serial killers.
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Tsui Po-ko was killed during an ambush on two Police Constables in a Tsim Sha Tsui subway which led to a shootout.
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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.
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Tsui Po-ko was the elder of two children born in Shaowu, Fujian, and arrived in Hong Kong in 1978 with his mother.
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Tsui Po-ko attended the Kwun Tong Government Secondary Technical School.
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Tsui Po-ko 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.
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Tsui Po-ko was an outstanding cadet at the Hong Kong Police College, having won the "silver whistle".
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Tsui Po-ko was an excellent marksman, scoring full marks in target shooting and simulated bank robbery shooting in 1993.
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Tsui Po-ko failed a personality assessment during the first attempt, and subsequently failed because of insufficient fitness.
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The couple met when she worked as a sales assistant at the airport, and Tsui Po-ko was stationed there.
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Tsui Po-ko was an avid sportsman and Oxfam Trailwalker, and was known to participate in marathons and paragliding.
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Tsui Po-ko was a habitual heavy gambler and was known to have made a HK$75,000 wager on Japan to win the 2004 Asian Cup final at odds of 2.8:1 on 7 August 2004.
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In March 2001, Tsui Po-ko murdered constable Leung Shing-yan and stole his revolver.
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Tsui Po-ko was attacked, struggling with his assailant to prevent his revolver being snatched, but was shot five times at close range.
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On 5 December 2001, Tsui Po-ko carried out an armed bank robbery of the Hang Seng Bank branch at Belvedere Garden in Tsuen Wan.
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Tsui Po-ko fled the bank with HK$490,000 and US$1,000, entering Cassie Hill Road and then into the Belvedere Garden shopping arcade before escaping through another exit.
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Tsui Po-ko was placed near the scene by the police; Tsui boarded a bus from Cheung Shun in Kwai Chung at 11:11 using an Octopus card issued to his wife; and boarded a minibus bound for Tsung Kwan at 11:53.
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Between February 2002 and October 2004, Tsui Po-ko deposited HK$557,718 into the 19 accounts.
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The Tsui Po-ko case has inspired some film and television productions, including:.