Indonesian domestic helper dies from fall while cleaning window of Hong Kong flat
- Incident happened at North Point, involving a home on the sixth floor at Kingsford Gardens
- In 2016 window-cleaning regulations for helpers were set up after several died in falls
A domestic helper in Hong Kong fell to her death while cleaning a window of a flat on Thursday.
The Indonesian woman, 37, was working on the balcony of a sixth-floor flat in Kingsford Gardens on Tin Hau Temple Road, North Point, when the incident happened shortly before 10am.
“Investigation showed the victim accidentally fell off the building while cleaning a window at the balcony,” a police spokesman said.
Emergency personnel were called in when a passer-by found the woman lying unconscious outside the building. Police said she was declared dead at the scene.
The spokesman said the investigation found nothing suspicious. It was not known if any regulation for domestic helpers had been breached.
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