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Grisly HK murders spark Western banker backlash

Accusations against Briton Jutting trigger criticism of privileged foreign workers in city's finance industry

Published Sun, Nov 9, 2014 · 09:50 PM
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THE murder of two young Indonesian women in Hong Kong allegedly by a British expatriate has sparked a backlash against wealthy Western bankers accused of treating the financial hub as their own personal playground.

The victims were found mutilated in 29-year-old Rurik Jutting's upmarket apartment in Wanchai, streets away from the neon-lit bars of the neighbourhood's famous red-light district - popular with expats and tourists at all hours.

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