Vocabulary: crime
1 / The son of billionaire businessman Michael Jones was ______
yesterday. The ______have demanded a ______of $5,000,000.
2 / Political extremists ______a Saudi Arabian airliner early this morning and forced the pilot to fly to Libya.
3 / A fifty-six year old man was ______in the street outside the railway station late last night. A man carrying a knife threatened to kill the man if he didn’t hand over his wallet.
4 / The police have arrested six men at Terminal 2 of the international airport as they were trying to ______three kilograms of heroin into the country. The drugs were hidden in the men’s underwear.
5 / Police have charged a fifty five year old man with ______after the body
of his wife was found in the couple’s flat this morning.
6 / Mr Lucien Chan, principal of the Truth and Purity College in Causeway Bay claims he was ______after a neighbour photographed him leaving the Hot Lips hostess bar late on Friday evening and threatened to send the photographs to the media unless Chau paid him $100,000. Chau claimed he had lost his way and simply entered the bar 'to ask for directions'.
7 / Police are investigating a fire which destroyed the Lucky Millionaire
Karaoke bar early this morning. A police spokesman has said that they
hadn’t ruled out ______. The owner of the bar is widely believed to
have connections to organized crime.
8 / A property agent has been arrested in connection with a multi-million
dollar property ______. It is believed that customers paid Charlene Tang
over $20 million for properties in mainland China that did not exist.
9 / The driver of a bus that ran over and killed an elderly woman on Saturday
has been charged with ______. The woman was crossing the
road at a pedestrian crossing when the accident occurred.
Answers
1 / The son of billionaire businessman Michael Jones was kidnapped
yesterday. The kidnappers have demanded a ransom of $5,000,000.
2 / Political extremists hijacked a Saudi Arabian airliner early this morning and forced the pilot to fly to Libya.
3 / A fifty-six year old man was mugged in the street outside the railway station late last night. A man carrying a knife threatened to kill the man if he didn’t hand over his wallet.
4 / The police have arrested six men at Terminal 2 of the international airport as they were trying to smuggle three kilograms of heroin into the country. The drugs were hidden in the men’s underwear.
5 / Police have charged a fifty five year old man with murder after the body
of his wife was found in the couple’s flat this morning.
6 / Mr Lucien Chau, principal of the Truth and Purity College in Causeway Bay claims he was blackmailed after a neighbour photographed him leaving the Hot Lips hostess bar late on Friday evening and threatened to send the photographs to the media unless Chau paid him $100,000. Chau claimed he had lost his way and simply entered the bar 'to ask for directions'.
7 / Police are investigating a fire which destroyed the Lucky Millionaire
Karaoke bar early this morning. The bar was empty when the fire broke out.
A police spokesman has said that they hadn’t ruled out arson . The
owner of the bar is widely believed to have connections to organized crime.
8 / A property agent has been arrested in connection with a multi-million
dollar property fraud. It is believed that customers paid Charlene Tang
over $20 million for properties in mainland China that did not exist.
9 / The driver of a bus that ran over and killed an elderly woman on Saturday
has been charged with manslaughter . The woman was crossing the
road at a pedestrian crossing when the accident occurred.