Families of victims who died in Hong Kong’s Lamma ferry disaster 13 years ago have filed an application for a judicial review against a coroner’s findings in an inquest, saying the conclusions showed irrationality and failed to weigh contradictory evidence.
Four individuals lodged the application in the High Court on Wednesday. They acted without lawyers.
They want the court to quash the coroner’s findings that a missing watertight door on the ill-fated Lamma IV ferry was a deliberate design choice, not an oversight. They are also seeking a fresh inquest on that issue.
Thirty-nine people died in the disaster on October 1, 2012, when the Lamma IV was hit by the catamaran Sea Smooth near Lamma Island, making it Hong Kong’s deadliest maritime accident in decades.
Lamma IV was carrying 124 HK Electric employees and their relatives to watch the National Day fireworks over Victoria Harbour.
02:19
Hong Kong court rules 39 people ‘unlawfully killed’ in 2012 Lamma Island ferry crash
Hong Kong court rules 39 people ‘unlawfully killed’ in 2012 Lamma Island ferry crash
The application names the coroner as respondent. The city’s director of marine, Cheoy Lee Shipyard, HK Electric and Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry, operator of the Sea Smooth, are listed as interested parties.
此内容由惯性聚合(RSS阅读器)自动聚合整理，仅供阅读参考。 原文来自 — 版权归原作者所有。