Hong Kong police arrest 5 over falling screen at Mirror concert

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Hong Kong police have arrested five people in connection with the case of a falling giant screen that seriously injured two dancers during a Mirror concert, as investigations revealed that subpar installation work and wrongful declaration of information had contributed to the accident. The five suspects, some arrested for fraud and for allowing objects to be dropped from a height,...

a falling giant screen that seriously injured two dancers

Four of the five arrested were staff members from Engineering Impact Limited, comprising a business director, two project managers and a technical coordinator. The fifth suspfect was a senior technician from Hip Hing Loong. The task force, which is led by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, also recommended that an independent third party be required to cross-examine all engineering works and installations for events held at public venues, rather than relying only on reports submitted by companies.

"We cannot find any evidence that the company had arranged any authorised person or engineer to inspect or check the LED panel," he said. For the six LED screens in the stadium, which weighed a total of 9,852lbs, Engineering Impact Limited had under-reported their weight by 63 per cent at 3,600lbs. The five suspects, aged 40 to 63, were arrested in a series of raids in Lam Tin, Ma On Shan, Pat Heung, Shau Kei Wan and Tai Kok Tsui.

 

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