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“I'm not going to give up justice,” says the father of the Hong Kong girl Chau Tin-Yu

The father of an eight -year -old girl who died after a blood transfusion during an operation said that after a decision by the authorities, he would obtain no criminal prosecution, further details of an investigation of the case.

Further measures in relation to Chau Tin-Yu's case were unveiled on Tuesday, a day after her father Eddie Chau said on social media that the police informed him that the Ministry of Justice would not continue with criminal prosecution.

According to a letter that was sent to the father to the father, the department for no reasonable chance of a conviction in court, after evidence, had checked relevant laws and statements.

“I am extremely disappointed with the result, but I will not give up to seek justice for Tin-Yu,” said the girl's father, who died in March last year.

Tin-YU was four when her rhabdomyosarcoma was diagnosed, a rare type of cancer, and chemotherapy and radiation therapy, which shrank the tumor to a size that was suitable for removal.

But during the operation in the Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam in May 2020, a blood transfusion was delayed by 48 minutes and her heart stopped for 52 minutes. It appeared from the operating theater in a vegetative state.