Hong Kong paramedics found suspect was not breathing and had no pulse in police vehicle, department reveals
- Police earlier said suspect died on Friday, about 24 hours after he was arrested on Nathan Road using ‘appropriate force’
- Suspect arrested on Thursday, after officers responded to a report about a man ‘smelling strongly of alcohol’ damaging moving vehicle with bottle
Paramedics found that an arrested man was not breathing and had no pulse when they were called to treat him in a police vehicle on Thursday, according to Hong Kong’s Fire Services Department.
While the force said the man was “unwell” and sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei on Thursday, it did not provide details about the suspect’s cause of death.
On Sunday, the fire service said the suspect was found without a pulse when an ambulance arrived at 6.04pm.
“Ambulance officers examined a man inside the police vehicle, first aid was provided after he was found not breathing and had no pulse,” the department said, adding it first received an ambulance request at 5.55pm.
According to a police statement, officers arranged for an ambulance but it did not say if they provided first aid.