The 55-year-old surnamed Liao Hong Kong cross-boundary truck driver died suddenly on the 30th of last month while waiting for customs clearance at the Huanggang Port in Shenzhen. Affected by the epidemic, his body was "stranded" in the Mainland. The Federation of Cargo (hereinafter referred to as the Chamber of Commerce) negotiated with the Port Office of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government for many times, and with the assistance of the Immigration Department, it was finally shipped back to Hong Kong on May 27.
The widow said: "It's a lot of relaxation for a moment, and I really feel grateful."
The body of the 55-year-old surnamed Liao Hong Kong cross-boundary truck driver who died suddenly was finally transported back to Hong Kong. The widow said, "It's a lot of relaxation for a moment, and I really feel grateful." (file photo)
Widow Mrs. Liao received the bad news from the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau last month and stopped transporting the body out of the country due to the epidemic, but she still hoped that the body of her deceased husband could return to Hong Kong as soon as possible, and communicated with the Shenzhen side through the Chamber of Commerce.
Jiang Zhiwei, chairman of the chamber of commerce, said that the mainland had originally arranged a humanitarian passage, and the family could handle funeral affairs for the deceased in the mainland. Due to the emotions of the drivers in the industry, the chamber of commerce tried their best to win the Shenzhen Municipal Government; at the same time, he also asked the Security Bureau to assist the family members to return the remains to Hong Kong as soon as possible, and obtained the cooperation of the Immigration Department.
In the end, the Shenzhen Municipal Government deems the request reasonable and agrees.
Jiang Zhiwei, Chairman of Lok Ma Chau China-Hong Kong Freight Federation (Photo by Cai Zhengbang)
Jiang Zhiwei lamented that the procedures were very complicated, requiring family members to go to a law firm for notarization and entrusting relatives in the mainland to help with the mainland procedures. , and was finally transported back to the funeral home in Hong Kong via Sha Tau Kok Port on the morning of May 27.
He hoped that the successful return of the deceased's remains to Hong Kong would make the family feel comfortable.
During the process, it was reflected that the official communication between Shenzhen and Hong Kong was insufficient, and he believed that the Hong Kong government should be more proactive in handling the incident, instead of needing family members to run around.
Mrs. Liao longed for her deceased husband to "go home", "I relax a lot for a moment, I really feel grateful, (getting) all kinds of help, I can help you come back. I don't know how to describe it, I don't know if it's okay or not. I'm happy, at least go back to Xixian!" She couldn't help choking, "Although the words were so calm for a moment, I would think about it, and suddenly I would shout when I came back," but she still said that she would be strong and face it. , "because there are always two little ones to take care of".
After the accident, the Lok Ma Chau China-Hong Kong Freight Association and the Container Transport Trade Unions initiated donations for the deceased. The former handed over 680,000 yuan to Mrs. Liu in mid-May.
Mrs. Liao said that at the beginning, she felt hesitant about her family's financial constraints and emergency expenses, but now she feels a lot more at ease. "Workers and friends from all walks of life are very willing to help."
The process of restoring the incident is 10 minutes late and the customs declaration form is invalid. Waiting for sudden death overnight
Jiang Zhiwei said that the incident shocked the industry.
According to his understanding, the deceased left the car in Hong Kong at 3:00 a.m. on the 29th of last month, and retrieved the car at 0:10:00 a.m. on the 30th. When he was about to pass through the customs, he found that the customs declaration was invalid. The goods had to leave the country on the 29th. It took him 10 minutes, so he had to make a new declaration, and the customs did not start the declaration until 9:00 a.m. During that time, the customs allowed him to rest in the truck parked at the inspection stand, but at 10:00 in the morning when the staff contacted the driver and went to complete the customs declaration, they found that the driver die.
At 6 am on the 30th, the boss called the victim, but he did not answer. The forensic doctor estimated that the time of death was between 3 am and 6 am.
Jiang Zhiwei said that it took 31 hours for the driver to leave the residence until he was found dead, and he spent most of the time waiting in the car at the port. Because the "ferry connection" mode made the driver very tired, whether the driver had no water or food at that time, or whether the driver had a long-term The patients are unknown.
Since March 14, the Shenzhen Port Office has required Hong Kong drivers to hand over the trucks to the ferry drivers at the port connection yard, and then hand them over to the mainland operating drivers to drive the mainland trips. The manufacturer's transportation fee, the transportation industry cannot accept this arrangement.
In addition to the "430 cross-border driver's sudden death incident", Jiang hoped that the authorities would accept the opinion and change the measures for Hong Kong drivers to unload goods in the mainland point-to-point, and the drivers did not land during the period.
In addition, the Mainland Customs said that after experiencing this incident, they would pay special attention to such incidents. Jiang suggested that they set up a 24-hour driver helpline, and the Mainland Customs promised to review the situation.
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