Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4
Police yesterday (November 20) reclassified an industrial accident happened in Ngau Tau Kok on February 20, 2024, as manslaughter.
At 4.56pm on February 20, 2024, Police received a report that a large-scale scaffolding had collapsed at a construction site on Shing Fu Lane. Two female workers, aged 68 and 54, were rushed to United Christian Hospital in unconscious state and were certified dead on the same day. Other three workers, one man and two women, aged between 45 and 63, were sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in conscious state.
Upon further investigation, Police reclassified the case as manslaughter. A 48-year-old male foreman and a 58-year-old male worker were arrested yesterday (November 20) in Ngau Tau Kok and Tseung Kwan O respectively. Both arrestees have been jointly charged with two counts of manslaughter. The case will be mentioned at Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts this morning (November 21).
Active investigation by the Regional Crime Unit of Kowloon East is under way.