The inquest into the death of a 22-year-old university student who fell from a building during a police-community clash on Nov. 4, 2019, continued Thursday with a major breakthrough.
The case is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which has been investigating the case for more than a decade.
In the meantime, Coroner Kao said during the hearing on Thursday afternoon that he personally reviewed the closed-circuit television footage and found that there are images that will have a huge impact on the expert witness’s testimony, stressing that “the images are very important” and adjourned the hearing immediately.
In the meantime, the court has decided to adjourn the trial on the basis of the evidence provided by the witnesses.
Dr. Leung Chi-hang, an emergency room physician at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, pointed out in court this morning that there were no signs of burns on his body, and there was no indication that he had inhaled tear gas, so the possibility that he had been affected by tear gas was relatively low.
He said that unless he was in poor physical and mental condition, or under the influence of alcohol and drugs, people would have reflexes to brace themselves when they fall from a building, but Chow’s hands and feet were not bruised, which is rare.
In the case of Zhou Zi Le, who was sent to the hospital five minutes earlier, I believe the outcome would have been the same, because the moment he was injured, his chances of recovery were already determined, and even if he survived, he had a high chance of becoming a vegetable.
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