HONG KONG (AP) – Inside the sleek, metallic grey apartment tower rising from the heart of this financial capital, police uncovered an unspeakable crime that has jolted this city proud of its reputation for safety and order.
One of the Indonesian women’s bodies was found stabbed in the neck and buttock. Another’s was stuffed into a suitcase, with lacerations to the neck. Police immediately arrested 29-year-old British banker Rurik George Caton Jutting, who had led them to his upscale apartment where the bodies were found.
Now, the families of the victims as well as Hong Kong police and Indonesian officials are trying to figure out how the horror unfolded and who is going to pay.
Indonesia Consulate spokesman Sam Aryadi confirmed Tuesday that one of the victims was 29-year-old Seneng Mujiasih, who had come from the city of Muna on Sulawesi island on a domestic worker permit. She had let the visa lapse, Aryadi said, and ended up “hanging out” in the red light district of Wan Chai.
There she had gone by the Filipino-sounding alias of Jesse Lorena Ruri, another official said. A picture posted on a Facebook page set up in her honor showed her smiling widely, dressed in a glittering silver cocktail dress, perched on a bar stool.