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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.
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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.
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