In Re Chan Fai-wong 陳輝旺, deceased CCDI 477/2013, Mr Gordon Chan led by Mr Alfred Fung represented the Hospital Authority in a second death inquest concerning the death of a taxi driver. The jury found that the driver was unlawfully killed after he was arrested.
On 11 November 2012, after the taxi driver was hailed by a Japanese couple at W hotel, a brawl broke out at the booth of Western Harbour Tunnel. The parties were then moved to the administrative building.
The driver was arrested at the administrative building and was brought up to a police van at the scene. He was then sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital by ambulance, where he was bedridden and soon found to be paralysed. He passed away on 12 December 2012 after contracting MRSA pneumonia.
The first death inquest was held in 2018, where a jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing by 3:2. The verdict was quashed in 2022 following a juridical review in Lam Wai Wing v Yim Shun Yee Ada (Coroner) [2023] 1 HKLRD 861. A second death inquest was duly held in 2025 over 29 days, where the jury also returned a verdict of unlawful killing by 4:1.
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Gordon Chan, Esq
Barrister-at-law, Archbold Hong Kong Editor on Public Health, and Member of the Bar Association's Committee on Criminal Law and Procedure. Specialised in medical, technology and criminal law.
