1. Causa del Incendio y Balance de Víctimas.
El incendio en el complejo residencial Wang Fuk Court en Tai Po resultó ser el más mortífero de Hong Kong en décadas, con cifras de muertos que superaron las 150 personas. Las investigaciones iniciales de la policía apuntaron a la negligencia de la empresa constructora, específicamente al uso de materiales inflamables como andamios inseguros y espuma.
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2. Detenciones de Ejecutivos de Construcción.
La policía de Hong Kong actuó rápidamente, arrestando inicialmente a tres hombres de una empresa constructora bajo sospecha de homicidio involuntario. El número total de arrestos relacionados con el desastre, incluyendo negligencia y posible corrupción en las renovaciones, ascendió a más de una docena, involucrando también a la agencia anticorrupción.
- Police in hong kong have arrested three men from a construction company on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with a blaze that has killed at least 94 people and left hundreds of others missing.
- Police have arrested 13 people for suspected manslaughter in a criminal investigation into last weeks disaster, and the anti-corruption body has also arrested 12 other people.
- Police said they had arrested three construction company officials on suspicion of manslaughter for using unsafe materials, including flammable foam boards blocking windows.
3. Uso de la Ley de Seguridad Nacional contra Críticos.
En medio de la creciente ira pública y las demandas de una investigación independiente, la Policía de Seguridad Nacional de Hong Kong intervino, arrestando a varias personas, incluidos activistas y un estudiante, por supuesta sedición o por criticar la respuesta gubernamental al incendio. También se reportó la remoción de tributos y memoriales.
- Hong kongs national security police arrested a man in the first publicly confirmed arrest relating to criticism of authorities over a high-rise apt blaze that killed at least 159 ppl police said he had been accused of posting information with seditious intention.
- Hong kong police arrest man calling for independent investigation into high-rise apartment fire the man called for the establishment of an independent investigation into alleged irregularities in the safety of exterior wall repair work believed to have caused the fire.
- Volunteers and personnel from the food and hygiene department have removed flowers, messages and other tributes for victims of the tai po fire under the watch of police officers.