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Written by: Yang Wanting and Wang Yiyang
2021-03-09 21:55
Last update date: 2021-03-10 01:29
The incident of falling tortoise and wounding occurred in Hing Fuk House, Kwai Hing Estate, Kwai Chung. The incident occurred at 7:22 pm today (9th). A tortoise fell on a high-level unit of Hing Fuk House. At the right time, a man walked across the building and was hit on the head by the tortoise. Causes redness and swelling.
The injured man called the police for help. He was then taken by ambulance to Princess Margaret Hospital for treatment.
The police investigated at the scene, notified the staff of SPCA to follow up, and successfully contacted the turtle owner to assist in the investigation.
The tortoise that fell from the building vomited blood and the shell burst. After a preliminary inspection by the AIA personnel, it is believed that it has returned to the point of no avail. The tortoise's carcass was examined for further investigation.
Sources at the scene stated that the owner kept two turtles and placed them in a tortoise box on the window sill. After the two turtles were suspected of being stacked high, one of them accidentally fell from the window sill, fell straight from the canopy and bounced back to the ground. Hit the male passerby.
It is understood that the police arrested the owner of the turtle involved in the incident.
The Association for the Protection of Animals responded to enquiries saying that it had received a notice from the police earlier that a tortoise in Kwai Hing Village was suspected to have fallen from a building, hit a passerby and fell to the ground.
Inspectors of the Association saw that the tortoise was dead and its shell was damaged, so the body was taken back to the Association's Kowloon Center for temporary storage, after which it would be transferred to the Fisheries and Conservation Department for testing.
Police said that a 29-year-old man was reportedly hit by a tortoise suspected of falling from a height while passing by off Hing Fuk House in Kwai Hing Estate and was injured in the head.
The injured man was soberly sent to Princess Margaret Hospital for treatment. The tortoise was certified dead at the scene.
After preliminary investigation by the police, the 56-year-old owner of Xu Wugui, who lives in Hing Fook House, was arrested on suspicion of "cruel treatment of animals." The case was handed over to the Criminal Investigation Team of the Kwai Tsing Police District for follow-up.
The body of the tortoise was taken away by relevant agencies.
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