Fabrics not found inside Chan Yin-lam's fingernails, inquiry told

A government laboratory technologist told the Coroner’s Court that she did not find any fabrics inside Chan Yin-lam’s fingernails, which could prove that she had disputes with people prior to her death. 

The naked body of Chan Yi-lam, 15, was found floating last year not far from the Hong Kong Design Institute in Tiu Keng Leng, where she studied. 

Lee Wing-man, the laboratory technologist, said that Chan’s fingernails were among a batch of deposition that was sent to her by the police on September 22.  

She noted that if there were fabrics inside her fingernails, they could have been swept away by sea current.