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Hong Kong court could turn to virtual reality to help inquest jury uncover truth behind student’s death, source says
- Coroner’s Court to use technology to recreate events surrounding death of Alex Chow
- Student died after falling from car park in Tseung Kwan O in November
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Court officials could use virtual reality technology to try and recreate the circumstances surrounding a university student’s death in Hong Kong last year when an inquest starts in November, a source said on Wednesday.
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A pretrial hearing was held on Wednesday ahead of a five-week inquest at the Coroner’s Court into the death of Alex Chow Tsz-lok, 22, who died four days after he suffered a severe brain injury in Tseung Kwan O in the early hours of November 4.
Chow, a second-year computer science undergraduate at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, fell from a car park in the east Kowloon neighbourhood near the site of a confrontation between anti-government protesters and police.
Questions remain as to whether Chow was involved in the clashes, why he was at the car park, and what caused him to fall.
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Hong Kong student who suffered brain injury in car park fall dies
Hong Kong student who suffered brain injury in car park fall dies
Wednesday’s hearing was held behind closed doors to set out timetables and identify any issues that might be raised in the subsequent court inquiry, which will be heard between November 16 and December 18 before Magistrate Ko Wai-hung.
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