Hong Kong policemen nab 13 people over deadly fire

Hong Kong police said on Monday they had arrested a total of 13 people over a deadly fire that ripped through an apartment complex last week, killing at least 146.

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Chan Tung, director of crime and security of the Hong Kong Police Force, said they “have immediately begun comprehensive investigation along the lines of manslaughter”, leading to the arrests of “a total of 13 people, including 12 men and one woman”.

A Hong Kong student, who was reportedly detained by police after handing out flyers calling for an independent probe into a fire that killed 146 people, left a police station on Monday.

Miles Kwan left the Cheung Sha Wan Division police station in a taxi on Monday afternoon, according to an AFP reporter at the scene.

The 24-year-old pulled down his face mask and nodded at reporters from the taxi as it drove out of the police station. He did not comment.