A man who escaped Hong Kong police through the ceiling of a hospital toilet may have had the help of an accomplice, a senior police source said on Saturday, as the fugitive remained at large.
That came as Commissioner of Police Stephen Lo Wai-chung said the force would investigate if officers guarding 34-year-old Leon Li had followed procedure, after a patient from the same ward claimed the suspect was not handcuffed when he went to the bathroom.
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