By Deanna Harris
A New Zealand man has been arrested in relation to a fatal stabbing in Hong Kong.
An American is being questioned and three other men, including a New Zealander, have been released on bail after a 24-year-old man was killed during a brawl on Wednesday in a popular Tsim Sha Tsui bar street, according to the South China Morning Post.
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade have confirmed that a New Zealand man was arrested and released on bail on Thursday but will not release any further details.
Cheung Kin-lung, 24, died from a single stab wound to the stomach and a 29-year-old man was injured in the back during the brawl, which involved more than 10 people from two groups.
A post-mortem examination found Cheung, an odd-job worker who lived with his father on Lantau, died from loss of blood, police said.
The brawl developed from a dispute in a lift as the two groups left an upstairs bar in Knutsford Terrace, the officer said.
The dispute turned into the melee when they reached the ground level and members of the groups pushed each other. No weapon was found at the scene.
On Wednesday, police arrested three other men aged 25 to 29 in connection with the case. The three, including a New Zealand man and the 29-year-old injured man, have been released on bail.
A 28-year-old American man, who works in the city and has a Hong Kong identity card, was arrested on Thursday night when crime-squad officers raided his home in Mong Kok.
He has been accused of carrying a knife during the melee that spilled from the bar street, Knutsford Terrace, into Kimberley Road at about 4am on Wednesday, police said.
Police have said they are no longer looking for anyone else in relation to this incident.
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