Hong Kong police have made their 16th arrest in connection with last month’s deadly Tai Po blaze, detaining a man on suspicion of manslaughter.
Police earlier arrested 15 people in connection with the fire, which engulfed seven of eight scaffolding-clad residential buildings in the Wang Fuk Court housing estate on November 26, killing 161 and displacing almost 5,000 residents.
Police said on Wednesday that they arrested a man, 48, in Tin Shui Wai. He was the person in charge of the external wall...
Hong Kong police make another arrest over deadly Tai Po blaze
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Source: scmp.com

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