CORONER COURT DECISION SPURS 25-DAY INQUEST
HK to conduct own hostage fiasco probe
12/02/2010To tie up the many loose ends in the government’s handling of the hostage fiasco probe, Hong Kong has decided to hold its own public inquest into the bus hijacking crisis that happened at the Quirino Grandstand last Aug. 23 which left eight Hong Kong tourists dead, a spokesman for the coroner’s court said yesterday.
The inquest is scheduled to last 25 days starting from Feb. 14, less than a month after Hong Kong police concluded their probe into the poorly-handled fiasco which dented relations between the Philippines and Hong Kong.
Officials in Hong Kong have criticized local authorities’ handling of the hijacking by lone gunman Rolando Mendoza, and a subsequent decision to spare officials involved from tough punishments.
The coroner’s court investigates the circumstances behind a person’s death but does not make recommendations concerning liability and has little power to compel witnesses from outside Hong Kong to testify..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101202hed1.html
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