An independent committee is holding its third public hearing into a deadly fire in a Hong Kong housing estate, with three residents expected to testify. The hearing comes after a government lawyer gave an opening statement. The fire killed 168 people.

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. An independent committee investigating a fire that killed 168 people at a Hong Kong housing estate is holding its third public hearing, with three residents expected to testify after a government lawyer gives an opening statement on Tuesday. Leung Ho-hin, Tse Yuk-wa and Ko Yee-lui were identified as the first three witnesses in the series of evidential...