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Ship company head accused of lying in 2012 Hong Kong Lamma ferry crash inquest

Cs news1 month ago02 mins

A director of a ship company has been accused of lying in a court inquest about a structural flaw that caused a ferry it built to sink in Hong Kong’s deadliest maritime disaster in decades. The Coroner’s Court on Thursday heard oral closing submissions in what could be the last formal inquiry into the ferry…

Hong Kong ferry disaster survivor says life jackets locked away before sinking

Cs news5 months ago02 mins

A survivor of Hong Kong’s Lamma Island ferry disaster has told a court inquest that the life jackets were locked away and he was unable to obtain one for himself before his ferry sank following its collision with another vessel. Philip Chiu Ping-chuen, whose sister died in the tragedy, on Thursday became the first witness…