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'Haunted' flat lawsuit

October 28, 2007 Edition 1

A flat buyer in Hong Kong is suing the estate agent who tried to sell her a "haunted" apartment without telling her a woman had died there, a news report said yesterday.

Ho Chow-lan is seeking the return of her deposit and legal fees on the $750 000 flat after discovering that a woman's body lay there for several days before being discovered. In her writ she accuses Centraline Property Agency of deliberately withholding information about the apartment.

Hong Kong people have a strong belief in spirits and feng shui, and apartments where residents have died or been murdered are often sold at knock-down prices. - Sapa-dpa

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