Hong Kongers outraged by ‘full of holes’ IIRC report By Gerry Baldo 09/22/2010

Hong Kongers outraged by ‘full of holes’ IIRC report
By Gerry Baldo
09/22/2010

A Hong Kong survivor, Li Yick-biu, and HK legislators were reportedly outraged over the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) report, saying the report was “full of holes” and incomplete.

The South China Morning Post yesterday reported that Li criticized the IIRC report, describing it as “full of holes” as it failed to explain whether the severe head injury suffered by survivor Jason Leung Song-xue was inflicted by the hostage-taker or police.

“There are so many doubtful points in the report, especially how Jason was injured,” survivor Li was quoted as saying. “Were his injuries caused by the handle of hostage-taker (sacked police officer Rolando) Mendoza’s rifle or by the police sledgehammer?”

Li also questioned why the accounts of the survivors— Lee Ying-chuen and Jason’s mother, Amy Leung Ng Yau-woon — were not included in the IIRC report.

The IIRC report posted in the online Official Gazette Monday evening stated that the survivors’ affidavits were not included due to lack of material time, although the head of the probe panel, Justice Chief Leila de Lima, earlier had claimed that the three affidavits of the survivors taken in Hong Kong corroborated the testimony of the bus driver in the matter of Mendoza having killed the hostages at close range..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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