Hong Kong protests: new security camera footage shows moment student fell to his death from car park
- Inquest unearths previously unseen footage that appears to show Alex Chow’s final moments
- Coroner calls discovery ‘very crucial’ as student’s father welcomes huge step towards truth
The previously unseen footage, which was described on Friday by Coroner Ko Wai-hung as “very crucial”, was the first identified visual of the moment Alex Chow Tsz-lok fell from a multistorey car park in Sheung Tak Estate, in Tseung Kwan O, on the morning of November 4, 2019.
Its discovery could help the court assess the accuracy of previous testimony about the time and location of the incident, as well as influence forensic experts’ analyses in the evidence to follow.
The video clip, which was taken from a surveillance camera installed at Kwong Ming Court, a housing estate next to the car park, showed a black shadow descending from the building. But it was not clear enough to show the events preceding the fall.
“It appears that the black shadow in the footage is Tsz-lok,” Ko said.
