REQUEST FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION
INTO THE DEATH OF
LIU PING-HON
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ON July 26, 1977, at approximately 7.15 am,
one Liu Ping-hon,
His body was
a Chinese male aged 26 years, met his death.
found crumpled on the roadway outside the Hon Ming Building, a 22 storey residential block situated at 227-233 Des Voeux
Road, West, Hong Kong.
At a Coroner's Inquest, held before D. J. Leonard, Esq. at Court No 4, North Kowloon Magistracy on September 27, 1977 a coroner's jury of three persons heard the evidence of
16 witnesses and, after deliberating for 75 minutes, returned an Open Verdict on the death of Liu Ping-hon. Two members of
the Hong Kong Bar, Martin Lee Esq. and William Stone, Esq., instructed by Deacons & Co., represented the family of the deceased at this hearing.
That which follows is a synthesis of the available evidence in this matter which, viewed in its entirety, constitutes a powerful argument for the institution, in the public interest, of a strenuous further investigation into the cause of death of Liu Ping-hon.
BACKGROUND OF THE DECEASED
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(ii)
Family
The immediate family of the deceased consists of his
elderly mother, Madam Liu King-yee, and an older
sister, Mrs. Yip (nee Miss Liu Ping-kee). He had
been brought up by his mother, who arrived with her
children from Canton in or around 1959. Madam Liu
was employed as a janitor at a kindergarten situated
in the Tung Chi Building, 1st Floor, 244 Des Voeux
Road, West, and lived with her son on these premises.
Education
Liu Ping-hon attended King's College, was Captain of his House, and was regarded as an enthusiastic and
active student. He failed his matriculation examination
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