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Check every one of your windows, The Mira Hong Kong ordered, after falling panel hits and kills mainland Chinese woman
- Police also widen their investigation into what led to the 24-year-old’s death, looking into maintenance records at the Tsim Sha Tsui building
- A cleaner suspected of opening the window has been arrested, sparking complaints that she should not bear the responsibility for the woman’s death
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Authorities in Hong Kong have ordered a five-star hotel to inspect all its windows within a month, a day after one of them fell 16 floors and killed a woman.
That came as police broadened their investigation, looking into maintenance records kept by The Mira Hong Kong.
The Buildings Department said on Tuesday it had completed a preliminary investigation at the Tsim Sha Tsui building and found “no obvious danger” after inspecting some of the windows.
But it issued a statutory investigation order to the 18-storey hotel after it found some rivets – used for fixing hinges and handles onto aluminium windows – had begun to oxidise.
“The Buildings Department ... requires the owner of said building to appoint an authorised person to inspect its windows, submit a report and suggestions for remediation works within one month,” a department spokesman said.
Naomi worked as a reporter at the South China Morning Post from 2015 to 2019. She has previously written for CNN International in Hong Kong, and Mizzima news in Myanmar.
Elizabeth Cheung has been reporting on health for the Post's Hong Kong desk since 2014. She covers general medical news, breakthrough medical treatments and research, government policy and hospital blunders. Elizabeth has a master's in development studies.
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