Official, Wife Face Elder Abuse Charges
A tax auditor and his wife have been charged with felony elder abuse in the death last month of the man’s mother, 81.
Pik Ng, who died Feb. 17 at a local medical center, had been found by paramedics lying on the floor of her room, emaciated, unable to talk and covered in bedsores and her own urine and feces, said San Mateo County Deputy Dist. Atty. Melissa McKowan. Despite treatment, she eventually died after being taken off life support.
Albert Kong, 49, and his wife, Sandie Kong, 44, were both charged with elder abuse along with a special enhancement for causing the death of a person over the age of 70.
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