Luxury Hong Kong home at Redhill Peninsula burgled, HK$400,000 of items missing

A house at the luxury Redhill Peninsula estate was burgled on Saturday, with more than half of the HK$400,000 (US$51,200) worth of items stolen belonging to a domestic helper.

Police received a report in the morning that a house at Redhill Peninsula had been broken into, with gold jewellery among the items missing.

A source said most of the stolen goods belonged to a domestic helper working for the owner of the home.

“The house owner has employed the domestic helper for 44 years,” the source said.

The helper, 73, first discovered that four pieces of gold jewellery were missing at 8.45am. She then notified her 71-year-old employer.

When officers arrived at the house, they discovered that more items were missing and a window on the second floor of the house had been opened.