Inquest begins into death of Hong Kong taxi driver who was put in headlock by police

Hong Kong’s Coroner’s Court has began examining whether police used reasonable force in putting a 65-year-old taxi driver in a headlock during his arrest a month before he died of complications from a neck injury.

Security footage played in court showed Chan Fai-wong was lifted from the ground into a police van on November 11, 2012 with a plain-clothes officer’s arm around his neck, while another uniformed officer carried both of his legs.