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Hong Kong internet personality 'Mr Ho' dies at 79 after jail term

Hong Kong internet personality Ho Huen, known as 'Mr Ho', has died at the age of 79. His death occurred just one week after he was sentenced to two months in prison for stabbing his wife. Ho had been hospitalized for an undisclosed medical condition prior to his passing. AI

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Hong Kong internet personality 'Mr Ho' dies at 79 after jail term

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 (AF) · Leopold Chen ·

    Hong Kong internet personality ‘Mr Ho’ dies at 79, week after receiving jail term

    A Hong Kong man known on the internet as “Mr Ho” has died, a week after receiving a two-month prison sentence for stabbing his wife. A source told the South China Morning Post on Tuesday that Ho Huen, 79, had died in a public hospital a day earlier. Ronson Chan Ron-sing, former c…