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Both victims in suspected Hong Kong double murder were Indonesian women

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FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 3, 2014 file photo, a high-rise apartment building, foreground center left, where two women were killed by British banker Rurik George Caton Jutting, stands among other buildings in Wanchai district in Hong Kong. Both victims in the double murder case that has shocked Hong Kong were Indonesian women, and one of the victims was frequenting a red light district on a lapsed domestic worker visa, an Indonesian consulate official said Tuesday, Nov. 4. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File) (The Associated Press)

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 3, 2014 file photo, a high-rise apartment building, center, where two women were killed by British banker Rurik George Caton Jutting, stands in Wanchai district in Hong Kong. Both victims in the double murder case that has shocked Hong Kong were Indonesian women, and one of the victims was frequenting a red light district on a lapsed domestic worker visa, an Indonesian consulate official said Tuesday, Nov. 4. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File) (The Associated Press)

An Indonesian official says both victims in a double murder case that has shocked Hong Kong were Indonesian women.

Indonesian Consulate spokesman Sam Aryadi confirmed Tuesday that a second victim found dead in an upscale apartment over the weekend was 29-year-old Seneng Mujiasih, from the city of Muna on Sulawesi island.

Hong Kong police had earlier identified one of the victims as Sumarti Ningsih, whom Aryadi said Monday was an Indonesian woman from central Java.

Police have charged British banker Rurik George Caton Jutting with killing the two women. The 29-year-old has yet to enter a plea in the case.

Police said Jutting took them to his apartment early Saturday when they found the bodies.

Ayradi said that Mujiasih had overstayed her domestic worker visa.