Brit, 34, named as he's charged with murdering woman at waterfall in Hong Kong

A British businessman was ordered to remain in custody on Friday after being charged with murder in Hong Kong, following the death of an Indonesian woman at a park waterfall. Jamie Tzewee Chapman, 34, did not enter a plea during his court appearance and his lawyer did not request bail.

The case has been adjourned until January to allow for further investigation. Chapman and his wife, a Hong Kong resident, were arrested on Tuesday upon their return to the city from mainland China.

His wife had initially been held on suspicion of assisting an offender but was later released on bail pending further investigation, as stated by the police on Thursday. According to the police, Chapman and the Indonesian woman visited a waterfall in a park on Hong Kong Island together on Sunday night.

He left approximately half an hour later, and residents discovered the woman's body in the pond below the waterfall on Monday morning. She had suffered a blow to the head and drowned.

The victim, Mevi Novitasari, who was around 25 years old, was a domestic worker in Hong Kong but was not employed by the suspect, according to the police. She hailed from Cilacap in Central Java province, as confirmed by Judha Nugraha, director of protection of Indonesian citizens and legal entities, from Indonesia.

Her employment agency and the Indonesian consulate will facilitate the repatriation of her remains and the consulate general will continue to monitor the investigation, he added.