KATHMANDU, March 28: Nepal’s Consulate-General in Hong Kong said Saturday that the wife and daughter of slain Nepali, Dil Bahadur Limbu, 31, will be flown to the city in a few days. [break]
“We are working on visa for the two who are expected to arrive here from Nepal on Tuesday,” Consul-General Keshab P Bhattarai told myrepublica.com over phone from Hong Kong.
Limbu´s wife and daughter – Mina Rai and Tanchhoma Limbu, respectively – as well as his old parents live in Dharan in Nepal.
Earlier, The Standard newspaper in Hong Kong reported that brother of Dil Bahadur Limbu, 31, has filed a complaint with the Complaints Against Police Office over the killing.
The brother, Ram Kumar Limbu, who works with the British Army in England reached Hong Kong on March 23, Ganesh Ijam Limbu of HK Nepalese Federation told myrepublica.com.
The HKNF executive said that the federation will come out with a protest rally on Sunday in the city demanding independent and impartial investigation into the fatal shooting of Dil Bahadur by police on March 17. They will submit a memorandum of demands to the chief executive´s office. The demands include apology from the government and the police, compensation for the immediate family, proper burial in the Gurkha cemetery and visa and living arrangements for his immediate family.
According to The Standard, the police office said they will investigate the shooting, and pass its conclusions to the Independent Police Complaints Council.
Radio Television Hong Kong reported that assistant police commissioner, William Tang, gave an assurance to the members of the Nepali community in Hong Kong that the police would carry out a thorough and impartial investigation. He admitted that the shooting of Limbu has caused "grave concern" in some sectors of the community.
Meanwhile, Bhattarai met Under Secretary for Home Affairs, Florence Hui, to express concern over the shooting of Limbu by a police constable.
The police claim that Limbu was shot after repeatedly attacking the constable in Ho Man Tin park. The officer had a scuffle with the homeless man and the police officer ended up shooting him dead.
The exact circumstances surrounding the shooting of the Nepali, a permanent resident in Hong Kong, is not clear.
A Nepali community website, hongkongnepali.com, said members of the ethnic minority and human rights group have questioned whether it was necessary to use deadly force to control a homeless man. Even though the police said warnings were given before shooting, it has now come to light that the warnings were given in Cantonese and the dead man did not know Cantonese.
The Hong Kong Nepalese Federation, an umbrella organization for the different Nepalese groups in Hong Kong, organized a discussion program about the incident on Saturday. All speakers in the meeting expressed views that the police had used unnecessary force and had failed to use proper judgment.
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