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Hong Kong protests: coroner to hold inquest in open court into death of student who fell from car park at around time of police clearance operation
- Chow Tsz-lok, 22, suffered a severe brain injury after he had a fall near an area of confrontation between protesters and police. He died on Friday
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital has referred the case to the Coroner’s Court while police also say they will recommend an inquest
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The Coroner’s Court will look into the first fatality from injuries sustained during a police operation in Hong Kong’s ongoing protest crisis in an open hearing, the force said on Friday, as calls mounted for a swift investigation to find the truth behind university student Chow Tsz-lok’s death.
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Chow, a second-year computer science undergraduate at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, suffered a severe brain injury after he fell from a car park early on Monday near an area of confrontation between protesters and police. He died on Friday morning.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital confirmed the 22-year-old died at 8.09am and said it had referred the case to the Coroner’s Court.
Police said they would also recommend a coroner’s inquest.
“All information about this death will be heard in open court,” Kowloon East Senior Superintendent Foo Yat-ting said at a police briefing in the afternoon.
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