1 held as Hong Kong police probe urn theft after kung fu icon’s ashes go missing

Anti-triad officers from Hong Kong police force have arrested a man in connection with the suspected theft of urns from a columbarium in Sha Tin, the Post has learned, after containers holding the ashes of legendary kung fu master Lau Kar-leung were allegedly stolen.

A source said on Tuesday that officers from the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau had opened an investigation into actress-turned-lawyer Mary Jean Reimer’s revelation concerning the suspected theft of urns of her late husband.

The source also said a man had been arrested in connection with the case and that legal proceedings had already begun.

A spokeswoman for Po Fook Hill in Sha Tin, surnamed Li, said that the columbarium had received reports of “individual” clients’ urns being stolen and had reported the matter to police. She declined to disclose the number of urns affected.

“We have been cooperating with the police investigation, which is ongoing,” Li said.

On Monday evening, Reimer revealed in a video on her YouTube channel that Lau’s ashes had been stolen, saying she believed the theft took place between May and August this year.