Discarded glove key to Aleong’s murder

The discarded latex glove thrown out of a car by Christopher Aleong’s killer is key to the investigation of the Petit Valley businessman’s murder.

A senior officer said yesterday the glove was being tested for fingerprints, and any workable prints lifted will be matched against those on file. The senior officer told Newsday that despite the perception that fingerprints cannot be taken from gloves, tests have proven that workable prints can be lifted. The officer is of the view that the killer who discarded the glove may not have been aware that prints could be lifted from a glove. The glove was handed over to forensic officers yesterday for tests. Police officers confirmed that they are exploring two motives for the murder: they believe it was either a planned hit, or a botched kidnapping.

Aleong, a father of seven, was the owner of a chain of businesses including Kam Wah Restaurant, Mac Foods and Albrosco Ltd. The business is owned by the Aleong family. Newsday learnt that Sandra Aleong, wife of the dead businessman, is in England with their daughter to attend a wedding. They were informed of the death on Tuesday and were expected home yesterday. Aleong’s funeral will take place tomorrow at St Finbar’s Church at 10 am. A male relative of Aleong said that the family was still trying to come to terms with the death, and everyone was in a state of shock.

An autopsy carried out on the body on Tuesday revealed that death was due to shock and haemorrhage consistent with two gunshot wounds to the chest. Investigators confirmed that Aleong fired two shots from his gun before he was felled by the two bullets to the chest.