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Liu Ping-hon's Death
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The Hon Ming Building possessed but one main entrance, which he
had unlocked as usual at 7.00 am that morning, and that apart
from a brief visit to the toilet from 7.05 am-7.10 am he had
been at his post throughout. He explained that, whilst there
were persons passing in and 'püt of the building at that time, he had seen no-one strange. On the other hand, he stated that
he had only started this job as from the 1st July and thus did
not necessarily know who was a stranger and who was not.
A side entrance to the building did exist, but this was only able to be opened from the inside by depressing two locking
bars. In the event,
the first he had known about the incident
was when a policeman entered the building at around 7.30 am
and informed him of the body on the road outside. He then
accompanied this officer to the roof-top and on a general tour of the Hon Ming Building.
THE INQUEST VERDICT
In light of the foregoing, the Coroner directed the jury that the matter simply came down to this: Assuming that Liu Ping-hon fell from some point on the Hon Ming Building, how did he start
his journey? Did he jump, fall accidentally, or was he thrown?
On the evidence before them, the jury were unable to
answer this question,
They accordingly returned an Open Verdict,
thus indicating that they were in no position to arrive at any conclusion as to how or why Liu Ping-hon had fallen to his death,
CIRCUMSTANCES RENDERING SUICIDE HIGHLY IMPROBABLE
It is submitted that there is a very high probability that the death of Liu Ping-hon was not simply a case of suicide, and
must not be dismissed as such. This conclusion emerges from
careful consideration of the following circumstances:-
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Family
There is little doubt that the deceased was a most filial
son in what was demonstrably a close-knit family. Both
his mother and sister had made considerable sacrifices
and had struggled hard in order to enable him to pursue
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