Tsim Sha Tsui police killings - is this what really happened?

Key questions: what force will and won't say

Last week the Sunday Morning Post made both a written and verbal request for a formal interview with Assistant Police Commissioner John Lee Ka-chiu - or any other suitable officer - to address unanswered questions and clear up the innuendo and rumours surrounding the shoot-out. This request was declined. Instead, we sent the force a list of written questions - about the incident and events over the past five years - compiled after a Post investigation. The police gave answers or partial answers to nine. A spokesman gave this reason for not answering most of the questions: 'You will appreciate that, as this case will likely be the subject of a death inquest at a later stage, the information that can be released is therefore limited.'

Q The force has confirmed that the revolver retrieved from Tsui Po-ko in the underpass was that of shot Constable Leung Shing-yan. Can you also confirm that each and every round fired during the exchange which hit both Constable Tsang Kwok-hang and Constable Sin Ka-keung came from that gun? Also, was Tsui's 12-round clip empty?

A ballistic examination has indicated the bullets which killed the patrolling police constable and injured another patrolling constable came from the gun used by the suspect. The same revolver has been confirmed to be the police revolver stolen from Leung Shing-yan, who was murdered on March 14, 2001, in Shek Wai Kok. Twelve bullets were stolen together with the police revolver from the late Leung. Police investigations indicated that six shots were fired in the Leung case, and three were fired in the robbery case involving the Hang Seng Bank. With regard to the shooting case in Tsim Sha Tsui, the suspect fired three shots.

Can you confirm that investigators have seized a stolen van that was parked near the scene in Tsim Sha Tsui, and that investigators are looking into a report of a motorcyclist riding away from the scene in the immediate aftermath of the shootings?

Police have located a light goods vehicle in Kwun Chung Street, Yau Ma Tei, and a motorcycle which was believed to have been used by the suspect prior to the incident. They are important exhibits in the police investigation.

Did either Constable Tsang or Constable Sin have any cash on them at the time of the shooting. If so, how much?