A Filipina shop assistant was held at knife point while at work at a Circle K convenience store near the Barrier Gate early yesterday morning, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) said in a statement yesterday.
According to the PSP statement, the police were alerted about the incident at about 4:50 a.m. yesterday.
The statement said that a man wearing a blue raincoat and speaking Cantonese threatened the Filipina with a knife while she was sorting out goods in the shop near Sun Star Plaza, Block 2, in the Barrier Gate area.