Why Hong Kong is fixated on the death of a teenage girl whose body was found at sea


HONG KONG, Sept 12 (SCMP): The death of Chan Yin-lam has been the subject of wild conspiracy theories and unsubstantiated rumours among many anti-government protesters since her naked body was found at sea last September, three months into Hong Kong’s unprecedented social unrest.

Following a 12-day inquest hearing, a five-member jury passed an open verdict on Friday after Coroner Ko Wai-hung ruled out both suicide and homicide as the possible causes of death.

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