Hong Kong teen jailed for eight years over acid attack on Singaporean tourist

Anson Kew, then 17, threw a corrosive solution on Jiang Wen, who was getting into a car in Wan Chai, in 2025. -- PHOTO: AFP

A Hong Kong teenager has been sentenced to eight years’ jail for splashing corrosive liquid on a Singaporean woman in 2025, Hong Kong media reported. The attack left her with second-degree burns.

Hong Kong High Court Judge Andrew Chan Hing-wai said on Oct 29 that Anson Kew’s actions on June 9, 2025, had caused a “lifelong impact” on the victim, 36-year-old Jiang Wen, reported the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

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2025年，17岁的安森·基尤在湾仔向正要上车的姜文泼洒腐蚀性溶液。——图片：法新社

据香港媒体报道，一名香港少年因于2025年向一名新加坡女子泼洒腐蚀性液体而被判处八年监禁。袭击导致该女子二级烧伤。

据《南华早报》报道，香港高等法院法官陈庆伟于10月29日表示，安森·邱于2025年6月9日的行为对受害者36岁的姜文造成了“终身影响”。

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