Crowds mourn student at TKO car park

Crowds mourn student at TKO car park

A large crowd of people on Sunday evening gathered outside the Tseung Kwan O car park where university student Alex Chow fell to his death, to commemorate four months since his passing.



Mourners placed lit candles and bouquets of flowers in front of a picture of the student, and bowed deeply to show their respects before a minute of silence was observed, as a large contingent of riot police stood by, watching closely.



Officers then raised a flag warning people that they were taking part in an unauthorised assembly, before hemming dozens of people in outside the car park and demanding to check their identities and conduct searches.



Passersby, volunteer medics, and journalists were also asked to show their identity cards.



Police repeatedly conducted such checks, leading a number of people away.



In a social media post, the force said officers had found a haul of petrol bombs, glass bottles, lighters, bricks, umbrellas and helmets stashed away inside the car park, and said they 'couldn't rule out' the possibility that some people were planning to use them during the event.



Chow passed away on November 8, four days after sustaining severe head injuries at the car park.



Security camera footage showed he was wandering in the area in the hours before the incident, as police were battling anti-government protesters in the area. However, there was no footage capturing the fall itself.