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  • 28 Mar 2024

    有關區曉霖及另三十八人的事宜

    Citation
    [2024] HKCrC 1
    Court
    Coroner's Court
    Case number
    CCDI1075/2012

    The coroner directed that a single consolidated inquest be held into the 39 deaths because they occurred in the same timeframe and circumstances, and set procedural timelines: police to deliver full investigation by early June 2024, disclosure of witness lists and statements 21 days before the second pre-inquest review, and a further review to be held within two months of receipt of the report (no later than September 2024); the inquest's scope is limited to establishing identity, how, when, where and cause of death and to making preventive recommendations but not to determine civil or crimin…