Death of Chan Yin-lam

Death of Chan Yin-lam
Part of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
CCTV footage released by the Hong Kong Design Institute of Chan the day of her probable death, 19 September 2019
DateBetween 7.20 pm 19 September 2019 and 20 September 2019
LocationHarbour outside Yau Tong, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°17′52″N 114°13′57″E / 22.2977°N 114.2326°E / 22.2977; 114.2326
CauseUnknown
Casualties
Christy Chan Yin-lam

The death of Chan Yin-lam was a death of a teenaged Hong Kong girl that sparked much speculation and controversy due to its unusual circumstances. Chan's death occurred during the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and gave rise to speculations by anti-government protesters about its cause. Lam was a 15-year-old student who died on or shortly after 19 September 2019. Her naked corpse was discovered floating in the sea near Yau Tong, Hong Kong, on 22 September 2019. Following a preliminary autopsy, police asserted that no foul play was suspected and that Chan had killed herself,[1] in part due to her known history of mental illness, psychosis, self-harm and attempted suicide. Protesters alleged however, that she was murdered by Hong Kong authorities in connection to her participation in the 2019 Hong Kong protests.[2][3][4][5] The coroner's inquest concluded with the jury unanimously returning an open verdict, after Magistrate Ko Wai-Hung ruled out both homicide and suicide as possible causes due to insufficient evidence to support this.[3][5][6] Protesters asserted that the government had orchestrated her death in-part due to the lack of publicly available evidence of her death. Additionally, they believed Chan's mother to be in on the alleged conspiracy due to her accepting the government's position and some protesters were arrested for the harassment of Chan's mother.

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