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Families of 39 dead in Lamma shipwreck seek cause of death court judge says there is insufficient grounds to reject the application

2022-11-24T07:43:40.766Z


The Lamma shipwreck that occurred on the night of National Day in 2012 resulted in the death of 39 people, including 8 children. Although the government has conducted an independent investigation and hearing on the incident and prosecuted the relevant persons, on behalf of the 3 family members of the 4 deceased, but


The Lamma shipwreck that occurred on the night of National Day in 2012 resulted in the death of 39 people, including 8 children. Although the government has conducted an independent investigation and hearing on the incident and prosecuted the relevant persons, on behalf of the 3 family members of the 4 deceased, However, they believed that there were still undisclosed evidence and hoped that the coroner's court could be held. They applied to the court earlier. Judge Gao Haowen of the High Court today (24th) ruled that the family lost the case and rejected the application for the coroner's court.


Judge Gao Haowen pointed out that although he can understand that the family members are eager to hold an inquest on the cause of death, so as to know every detail of the death of their loved ones, they believe that they have not provided sufficient evidence to convince the court that it is necessary to hold an inquest on the cause of death, so they reject the application of the family members and do not make an inquest. any costs order.

3 applicants: Liang Shuling, Zhao Bingquan and Xu Zhisheng, they are the family members of the deceased Liang Jiajie, Zhao Shaoqiong, Xu Zhiwei and Xu Kaiying.

The Lamma shipwreck occurred on the National Day night of October 1, 2012. The Haitai ferry company and the Lamma No. 4, which was going to watch the fireworks in Victoria Harbor, collided in the waters near Lamma Island. 39 passengers fell into the sea, and 39 people died, including 8 children.

The coroner has ruled the deceased was killed unlawfully

The government has conducted an independent investigation into the matter.

The coroner wrote to the family of the deceased the year before last, arguing that there was no need to convene a coroner's court, and ruled that the deceased was "illegally killed".

However, the family members were dissatisfied with the decision, so they went to the court earlier, asking the judge to consider overturning the coroner's decision and reconvening the coroner's court.

The family believes that there is still evidence to refer to

The family members mainly believe that there is still new evidence for the coroner’s reference, including that the Caili Shipyard should have known to install a watertight door in the water-entry cabin, but it was not installed in the end; the other incident involved two overseas witnesses, and the coroner’s court can summon them to testify , and the working hours of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry employees are too long, etc., if the coroner's court is reopened, the magistrate can make suggestions.

Case number: HCMP 773/ 2022

The incident happened at night, but many of the victims were not found until the next morning.

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Source: hk1

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