He said judging from the horizontal distance where Chow was found to the wall, where Chow was laying 1.3 meters away from the wall with a vertical distance of 4.3 meters, Chow was unlikely to be thrown to the ground by someone. Kong also suggested that Chow’s head injuries were more likely the result of a fall instead of a jump, as injuries sustained from a jump is more likely to occur on the person’s back. The doctor also pointed out that Chow may not have sufficient time to react to his fall, causing severe injuries to his head. He said from his calculation, Chow falling from a height of 4.3 meters takes around 0.93 seconds. Normally, people’s perception reaction time will be around 0.5 to 0.7 seconds, leaving Chow with only 0.45 seconds to react and protect himself from the fall.

Source: The Standard December 31, 2020 08:26 UTC