As promised yesterday, our letter to the Tung Chung police objecting to their handling of Vicky’s case is now online, in a separate page. You can access it through the link here or the tab at the top of this page entitled ‘A Thorough Investigation?’
The letter contains details of the police investigation that some people might not be familiar with. Over the next few days we will index it with a simple menu at the beginning so readers can easily go to specific parts, if they wish.
In the meantime, we urge everyone who is concerned about Vicky’s disappearance and death, and the ensuing police investigation, to read the letter in full.
I have been following your updates in this case with interest, thanks Mike for your time and effort in this.
I agree with you that in terms of the employer there are still some questions unanswered. My main question is, since it’s highly likely that Vicky died on the night of her disappearance as she wasn’t seen by anyone after that evening, can it be established what time the employer returned the van he rented to search for Vicky?
Also, can it be established how many kilometers the van was driven while he rented it?
By matching the amount of time the van was rented and the distance it had been driven it could give an indication as to whether it could have been driven to Tung Chung and back, thus giving a clue as to whether the employer could have had anything to do with Vicky’s death or not.
Mike, could you help get an answer from the police to this question?
Thanks,
Kris
Let’s go down to some basic knowledge about DB first. The van the employer hired is called a Hire Car in DB, which is only permitted to travel WITHIN Discovery Bay. It is not allowed to enter the DB-Tungchung Tunnel. Clear?
Hong Kong Police may appear to be slow in investigating this case however, I am pretty sure when and where the Hire Car went to are in the police record. Stop the witch hunt!
hire car is only permitted in DB but their is a DB hire car also which you can hire go through out the tungchung tunnel and mostly people hire going to airport.but the question is why the employer hired a car to find vicky rather than call the police emmediately and ask for help from the management.as i have read vicky from the police report vicky lefted her employment place 20 hours on april 7 2008 but only reported missing on 21:50 hours on april 8,2008 why?
if hongkong law is fair then they must prove it by investigating ” VICKY’S DISAPPEARANCE AND DEATH” properly.
DBER, I’m not conducting any “witch hunt”, in fact I have a hard time believing the employer could have had anything to do with Vicky’s death.
If the employer is innocent then it is very much in his interest that that the rental details and result of any possible forensic examination of the van is made public so he can be free of any suspicion. Clear?
To answer starr1443’s quesiton about when should a missing person be reported to the police. It should be 24 hours after she’s last seen. So apparently the employer did not delay the reporting.
Re the vehicle the employer took. If it is a van, as Kris mentioned, it is then a Hire Car. It is called a “limo” if that’s an airport/Tungchung going vehicle. No DB Hire Car goes out of DB. Clear now?
Again, who has the proof that the Police does not have the rental detials of the Hire Car/Limo? What’s more, does the police or even the employer have the obligation to publisize the details? People, stay cool and be aware of the fact that you are not the prosecutors. Nobody, neither the Police nor the employer needs to let you have all the details. In my opinion, the employer has stated their innonence wisely by not saying anything. Otherwise, everybody in DB or TC should come up and claim that they don’t have anything to do with the Case!!
As a long-term Hong Kong resident, I have to say that Hong Kong is one of the world’s most efficient and fairest places. I really hate to see people undermining (intentionally or unintentionally) this city’s image by trying to make Vicky’s death a political issue. Who will get the most benefit out of it by indicating this is not a fair place to live and work for migrant workers?
To comment on DBER’s reply, I’ve never suggested that the police doesn’t have any records regarding the rental details of the van. But as the police clearly doesn’t regard the employer as a suspect, if they have any facts that could place him in DB at the night of Vicky’s disappearance perhaps they could be forthcoming with these as it would go a long way to give everybody peace of mind, not least the employer himself.
As a resident in HK for nearly two decades, I agree with DBER that the HK police force is generally very professional and efficient. However, that doesn’t mean that one should always have blind faith. I think Mike in his letter has raised a legitimate question. Why would a person who has in her 12 years in HK been known by everybody to be a sane person, suddenly almost overnight turned insane and drowned herself after seeing demons? Why do people commit suicide? Certainly a broken down relationship would rank high on the list, wouldn’t it? While speaking to a close friend of Vicky not long ago, she told me that Vicky had told her that she currently had a boyfriend in South Korea, and there had been talks of marriage. Have the police examined phone records and talked to Vicky’s friends to find out if she had a relationship with anyone, and if so, tried to get in contact with this person?
What is more plausible? That Vicky would run away from the employer’s house barefeet and dressed in pyjamas because she is seeing ghosts, as the police seem to think, or that she was running away from a severe scolding because she had neglected her duties due to depression over a broken down relationship (the employer testified coming home and finding the house in a “mess”)? I’m not trying to put any blame on the employer whatsoever. One would imagine that coming home and finding the house in a mess one would have reason to raise some serious questions to the person in charge of looking after the house. This is perfectly legitimate, in fact it would be more hard to imagine the employer not being upset finding the house in a mess. One would also find it plausible that Vicky already being in an emotional state of mind (for whatever reason) would find this too much to bear and wanting to escape from it.
So I would have to agree with Mike and the other signatories of the letter that writing off the death of Vicky as a “suicide due to insanity” should not be done before other more plausible explanations have been exhausted, and I think it is not unreasonable to ask this of the police investigation.
It is problematic to assume Vicky’s state of mind, or what might of happened between the employers coming home and her running out of the house.
She had been employed for a number of years and so the house in a mess was an unusual state of affairs. We do not know what the ‘mess entailed, it could have been the dogs suddenly turning on her, or an intruder(s), and ransacked. She may have woken to hear someone in the house and afraid to come out of her room. When the employers came home she may have mistaken them for the intruders- we really do not know- if she ran out in a panic she may not have been rational about who it was coming to her door. If she has never mentioned any problems with her employers to anyone prior to this event, it seems unlikely that this is the issue.
We still need more answers to what happened that night- it cannot just be left to some fear of the occult. What more can be done?
I wrote my previous comments before seeing Mike’s posted letter written to the police regarding the handling of Vicky’s case, and was therefore taken aback to read ‘One also finds from the many accounts of her friends and relatives a pattern of Vicky’s concern. And that pattern of concern was that Vicky had been the victim of a pattern of sexual harassment (if not abuse) on the part of the employer.’
How have these concerns or this pattern been ignored? If as a group, either friends/relatives, are willing to speak the truth of what they know, some more serious investigation by the police will have to take place. Please try to be her voice and post what information you know and shed some light on her real situation.
I agree with with Ms.Pamela Kember