Monk remanded after alleged theft of Monkey King statue from Hong Kong temple
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A mainland Chinese Buddhist monk has been remanded in custody after allegedly stealing a statue of the Monkey King, a deity famed in classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, from a Hong Kong temple. The 57-year-old, Zha Jianxin, appeared in West Kowloon Court on Wednesday after being charged with one count of theft involving the statue belonging to Lung Mo Temple in Tsuen Wan. The statue, valued
