Returning expat engineer charged with 2017 manslaughter

[JAherbert]

An engineer left HK after fatal accident March 2017 when a temporary working platform beneath the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge collapsed, leading to the deaths of two men, aged 22 and 40, and injuring three others.

6 years later he/she returned to HK, police charged him/her with manslaughter

https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compone...2-20230928.htm

[JAherbert]

official blurb:

https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/...3092700801.htm

[bonaventure]

Don't forget that the construction project led to more than 10 fatalities (excluding dolphins) known to the Hong Kong side.

[JAherbert]

on 100K bail

https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compone...abChangeable=0

[aw451]

on 100K bail

https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compone...abChangeable=0

Of course it's a Frenchman.

He'll have an exit ban and is unlikely to be able to practice Engineering now so I don't think allowing him bail is an issue.

[moctapxe]

Were others charged or just him? What about the PM, PD, or the safety officer...? If he is the only one to blame for a project of size is unbelievable. I guess the same play book for the ferry sinking several years earlier.

[hongkongmusic]

Don't forget that the construction project led to more than 10 fatalities (excluding dolphins) known to the Hong Kong side.

That's the same amount of vehicles that use the bridge daily.

[JAherbert]

Were others charged or just him? What about the PM, PD, or the safety officer...? If he is the only one to blame for a project of size is unbelievable. I guess the same play book for the ferry sinking several years earlier.

two contractors were fined, arup's employee found not guilty:

https://www.thestandard.com.hk/secti...th-firms-fined