Hong Kong police arrest former project manager on suspicion of manslaughter over fatal crane collapse at construction site in 2022
- Police source says man was project manager at Aggressive Construction Company, which operated site and was banned from bidding for public works
- Tower crane weighing 65 tonnes collapsed and killed three workers at Housing Society site two years ago
Hong Kong police have arrested and charged a former construction company project manager for manslaughter over a rare tower crane collapse which killed three workers two years ago.
An engineer, meanwhile, was listed as wanted for his alleged role in the tragedy.
A police spokesman said that following an investigation and legal advice from the Department of Justice, officers from the Kowloon East regional crime unit arrested a 35-year-old man for manslaughter in Ngau Tau Kok on Tuesday.
The suspect was a project manager at Aggressive Construction Company at the time of the accident, police said.
The man, Kan Ho-kai, was previously an “authorised signatory” for Aggressive, and had appeared in court in January facing charges by the Buildings Department, the Post learned.
The charges alleged that Kan conducted building works in a manner that resulted in injury to individuals or damage to property, as stipulated by the Buildings Ordinance.
Kan is facing three counts of manslaughter and will appear in Kwun Tong Court on Thursday, the spokesman said.