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The Last Conversation: Alex Chow Reminds His Father to Close the Windows After Police Fires Tear Gas

The coroner's court inquiring the death of 22-year-old university student Alex Chow began on November 16, 2020.

On the early morning of November 4, 2019, Chow fell from Sheung Tak carpark for a reason unknown, during police operation nearby. Chow passed away at 08:09 on November 8, 2019.

Chow's father gave his testimony on the first day of the hearing. The 1997-born Alex Chow was the only child in the family. He was studying computer science at the Hong Kong University Science and Technology (#UST).

To his father's knowing, Chow "jparticipated in protests". At the night before the incident, he saw Chow carrying a backpack and filling his water bottle before leaving home. At around 00:46, Chow's father told him via Whatsapp that the police had fired tear gas. Chow replied 1 to 2 minutes later, reminding his father to close the windows. It was the last conversation between the father and the son.

When Chow's father was sleeping, Chow's secondary school friend knocked on their door, telling the family that Chow had fallen off from a building.

Source: Stand News #Nov16

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Police Testimonies Raise Further Doubts: Police See Looking For "Rioters" a "Higher-Level Concern" Than Checking on Injured #AlexChow

Source: InMedia; Stand News #Nov18

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Police Testimonies Raise Further Doubts: Police See Looking For "Rioters" a "Higher-Level Concern" Than Checking on Injured #AlexChow

During the Anti-Extradition Law Protests in 2019, on November 4, university student Alex Chow Tsz-lok fell from height at Sheung Tak Carpark, when the police were dispersing civilians in the area. The cause of Chow's fall remained unknown and the 22-year-old young man passed away at 8:09 am on November 8, 2019.

Nov 18, 2020 was the third day into the coroner's inquest. Here are some key findings:

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1. Police Are Uncertain About Whether They Have Shot Someone at the Carpark

East Kowloon Emergency Unit Assistant Commander Pang Tin-chi and officer Chun Tsz-kit admitted firing one sponge grenade and one beanbag round, respectively, to the second and the third levels of Sheung Tak Carpark after midnight on Nov 14, 2019.

They were uncertain whether they had shot someone.

Pang changed his testimony after being questioned by the jury. He corrected that he fired at the second but not the third storey of the carpark. He said he counted the storeys by his bare eyes.

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2. Police See "Eradicating" "Hidden Rioters" of a "Higher- Level Concern" Than Checking on the Injured

On the second day of the inquest, then-East Kowloon Emergency Unit (Squad No. 4) Commander and senior inspector Wong Kar-lun said he saw firemen and voluntary first aiders handling an injured person when he was carrying out the dispersal operation at the carpark.

Coming to the third day of the hearing, Wong was questioned by Barrister Cheng Suk-yee representing Alex Chow's family.

Cheng asked Wong if he had given a thought on how the ambulance carrying the injured could leave the carpark for the hospital, after seeing the injured person and knowing that the roadblock had earlier prevented the ambulance from entering the carpark.

Wong said, "I had some higher-level concern at that moment. I had to eradicate the danger of having violent protesters hidden somewhere, in order to ensure safety."

Wong said he did not pay attention to the condition of the injured person and did not know the urgency of the situation.

Wong later admitted that he did not report the discovery of the injured civilian (Alex Chow) to his superiors until he returned to Tseung Kwan O Station at 2am.

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3. Six-minute Lag Between Commander's Watch and the Surveillance Camera

Barrister Cheng representing the victim's family continued to question senior inspector Wong Kar-lun, "Have you ever found out why your watch and the surveillance camera had a 6- minute lag?"

Wong replied, "I used the watch before. It's accurate." Wong re-confirmed that 37 officers of his team entered the carpark that day.

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4. Police Admit Their Tear Gas Grenades Might Have Hit Some Vehicles

According to the Cable News footage shown on the second day of the hearing, a fire engine left after failing to enter Sheung Tak from Tong Min Street .

Barrister Cheng asked if senior inspector Wong was aware of this. Wong said he saw the fire engine failing to enter but did not know that it left.

Wong said on the second day that he received an order to leave the carpark when conducting dispersal operation on the third floor.

On the third day of the hearing, Wong, however, changed his testimony, "I now recalled that it was not the third floor, but the upper second floor."

After being asked by the jury, Wong clarified that the injured person was located on the lower second floor.

(To be continued)

Source: InMedia; Stand News #Nov18

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Police Change Testimonies and Describe Tear Gas as "Fireworks" During #CoronersInquest of Pro-democracy Student #AlexChow

During the Anti-Extradition Law Protests in 2019, on November 4, university student Alex Chow Tsz-lok fell from height at Sheung Tak Carpark, when the police were dispersing civilians in the area. The cause of Chow's fall remained unknown and the 22-year-old young man passed away at 8:09 am on November 8, 2019.

Nov 18, 2020 was the third day into the coroner's inquest. Here are some key findings:

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5. Police Sergeant Claims Teammates Did Not Obstruct Rescue

East Kowloon Emergency Unit (Squad No. 4) sergeant Yeung Hip-sing testified that he heard someone shouting "[we are] handling an injured person" in the carpark.

However, he was too occupied in looking for whom he called the "rioters" and did not go near to check on the injured person.

Lau said from his position he was not able to see if his teammates had climbed over the barricade, but he was sure that they did not obstruct rescue.

A jury member questioned Lau's testimony, "You did not see the injured person, but you claimed you could not see your teammates obstructing rescue. How do you arrive at this conclusion?"

Meanwhile, Lau mixed up left and right when giving his testimony. At a certain point, Coroner's Officer Choi Chi-hong said to Lau, "Let me clarify with you what is left and what is right first."

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6. Police Claim "Tear Gas Grenades Did Not Enter the Carpark"

Sergeant Lau Hip-sing claimed that the "tear gas grenades can't be shot into the carpark" according to his sight. Lau said the first three shots of tear gas grenades exploded above the protesters and "fell to the ground like fireworks".

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7. Many Police Officers Did Not Know the Whereabouts of Squad No. 1

After several police officers were summoned, it was found that there were more than two squads operating outside the carpark.

However, several officers who were deployed did not know the whereabouts of Squad No. 1.

Source: InMedia; Stand News #Nov18

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Jury Rules Death Cause of Pro-democracy student Alex Chow Undetermined

Source: RTHK; Ming Pao; Stand News #Jan9

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Jury Rules Death Cause of Pro-democracy student Alex Chow Undetermined

On Jan 9, 2021, the jury returned an open verdict in the death of 22-year-old university student #AlexChow Tsz-lok, following almost two days of deliberation.

The five-member jury, consisting of two men and three women, told the Coroner's Court that they were unable to determine the causes and circumstances of Chow's death.


The inquest into the death of the University of Science and Technology student lasted for almost four weeks, with nearly 50 witnesses summoned.

Speaking to reporters after the court ruling, Chow's father, said he respects the verdict and thanked the jurors for their hard work.

"They took the case very seriously and have worked so hard. I want to tell Tsz-lok that we've tried our best to find out the truth, even though many questions remain unanswered and we are still some distance away from being able to get to the very bottom of what happened", he said, teary-eyed.

Source: RTHK; Ming Pao; Stand News #Jan9
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Police Admit Not Checking the Fingerprints on Firedoor

The inquest into Chow Tsz- lok’s death has approached a close. On the 25th day of the inquest on Jan 4, 2021, the Court has called in two Forenics Police officers, Senior Police Constable Yuen Chi-hung and Inspector Lai Chun-man.

They admitted, during the interrogation of Barrister Cheng representing the family of the deceased, that they did not pay attention to the fire door on the 3rd floor, or attempt to obtain any fingerprints on the door. They also claimed that no fingerprints were found at the scene.

When asked about the two red palm-like paints on the parapet on 3rd floor, he believed they were dried paint stains, considering their brightness and their size of almost half a palm.

The Barrister later asked if the handle of the fire door had been scanned for fingerprints, Yuen said that the handle was not attended to, so no such action was taken.

Source: DB Channel #Jan4

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Volunteer #FirstAider who attended in #AlexChow’s case criticises the police for being dishonest

Source: Cupid News #Jan9

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Volunteer #FirstAider who attended in #AlexChow’s case criticises the police for being dishonest

Carson Tsang Long-hin, spokesperson of the group #Ideologist, was the volunteer first aider who appeared at the Coroner’s Court as a citizen witness for Alex Chow’s case.

Tsang said he respected the jury’s decision that the cause of death was suspicious, and hoped Hong Kongers would allow time for the Chow’s family to reflect and digest the decision.

Tsang criticised the police for lying at the press conference following Chow’s death that they did not enter the parking lot when Chow fell. The police only admitted doing so when evidence that showed the opposite was found.

Tsang also questioned whether the police have done their best on the investigation as they claimed that no videotape showing Chow’s fall was found. The videotape was later found upon investigation by the Coroner and the Coroner officer.

Source: Cupid News #Jan9
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