At 5.25 p.m., the wife messaged the man to say that she had reached Long Ping station, and called her son at 5.40 p.m.to use the washroom, and told his wife – who had surgery and has difficulty walking – to wait at Long Ping station as she had a seat at the time. The man disembarked at Hung Hom station at 5 p.m.
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The firm will cooperate with police, share CCTV footage, and install motion detectors in its 90 accessible toilets around the network, it added.Īccording to the man’s family, the man and his wife were planning to travel to Long Ping from Ma On Shan via Tuen Ma Line to visit a friend. It stopped short of directly apologising over the incident, but said it “understands and apologises for the queries aroused from the case,” including how it handled the matter and communication issues. The MTRC vowed an internal investigation, when approached by HKFP: “We take the case seriously and will maintain communication with the family of the concerned male passenger to give an early account of the case, as well as providing appropriate assistance to the family.” A CCTV camera near the toilet at Hung Hom station where the 66-year-old man was found. They were also told by a doctor at the hospital that the man might have been saved if he was found and sent to the hospital earlier. The man did not have any chronic illness and was healthy, the family said. “Does the MTR have any prescribed procedures for looking for missing persons? And did the station staff members follow the procedure? Did the staff member actually look into the accessible toilet that my father was found in? If so, when no one answered the door, why did the staff member think that it was not suspicious?” one of the man’s sons said on Sunday.
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Hong Kong MTR questioned over death of 66-year-old man found unconscious in Hung Hom station toilet - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP CloseĪt a press conference held on Sunday, the man’s sons raised questions including how many staff members were deployed to look for their father, and whether the MTRC had checked CCTV footage.
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