Homeless man dies with clothing wrapped around neck in Siu Lam cell; jury rules suicide and urges CSD not to replace in-person checks with CCTV
露宿者小欖囚室衣服纏頸亡 陪審團一致裁自殺 倡懲教勿以閉路電視代替親身巡視
Sham Shui Po homeless man Lai Man-sap, a Vietnamese national, was remanded at Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre in 2020 in connection with possession of dangerous drugs. During his detention, he wrapped a pair of trousers around his neck in a protective cell. His condition deteriorated sharply after he was taken to hospital for emergency treatment, and he was eventually certified dead. The Coroner’s Court continued the inquest today (17th). After Coroner Chau Chi-wai gave directions in the morning, the jury retired for about two hours and unanimously concluded that the deceased had died by suicide. The jury recommended that the Correctional Services Department increase the number of correctional officers to share Siu Lam’s daily workload. It also recommended that checks on people in custody at intervals of no more than 15 minutes be strictly enforced, and that CCTV observation not be used as a substitute for in-person checks.
深水埗越南籍露宿者黎民十於2020年涉管有危險藥物，還押於小欖精神科治療病院，期間在保護囚室內用長褲纏頸，送院搶救後情況急轉直下，最終證實死亡。死因庭今（17日）繼續研訊，死因裁判官周至偉早上作出引導後，陪審團經約兩小時退庭商議，最終得出死者死於自殺的結論。陪審團向懲教署建議增設懲教助理人手，以分擔小欖的日常工作，並建議需嚴格執行不多於15分鐘巡視在囚人士，不可以閉路電視觀察取代親身巡視。