Australian remanded on fresh eat-and-run charges in Hong Kong a day after being fined

An Australian man has been remanded in custody and hit with fresh charges in Hong Kong for fleeing restaurants without paying more than HK$2,000 (US$255) in bills, just a day after being fined for similar offences. Samuel Anthony Monkivitch, 50, was detained soon after he pleaded guilty at Eastern Court on Thursday to three charges – two of failing to pay HK$1,200 in bills at a restaurant and a massage parlour, and one count of common assault. He was fined HK$3,000 and ordered to use his bail...

By Kristen Cheung