英冷冻货车尸体案-39死者属中国人

Sunday, October 20:

The truck is thought to have entered Great Britain through the Welsh port of Holyhead after traveling over from Ireland, according to Essex Police.
Investigators believe the truck -- which was registered in Bulgaria in 2017 -- originated in Northern Ireland.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister said on local television channel bTV that the truck has not returned to the country since its registration

Tuesday, October 22:

The container arrived at the Belgian port of Zeebrugge at 2:49 p.m. local time (1:49 p.m. UK time), before leaving for the UK that same afternoon, according to the preliminary findings of Belgian prosecutors.

Wednesday, October 23:

The container entered the English port of Purfleet shortly after 12:30 a.m., Essex Police says. Belgian officials said the container arrived from Zeebrugge at midnight.
The truck then left the port shortly after 1:05 a.m. and at around 1:40 a.m. ambulance workers called police to the Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays following the discovery of the 39 people. All were pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities arrested the driver of the truck, a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland, on suspicion of murder. He was later identified by a local councilor as Mo Robinson.
The truck and trailer was then moved to a "secure location" in Tilbury Docks, about a 20-minute drive from where the bodies were discovered.
Police in Northern Ireland raided multiple properties, one of which has been identified by local residents as the home of Robinson's parents. CNN was present at the parents' home in County Armagh, southwest of Belfast, and witnessed officers going in and out of the house.

Thursday, October 24:

Essex Police say the dead -- 31 men and eight women -- were all believed to be Chinese nationals. They also said that the truck driver would remain in custody for another 24 hours.
China's embassy in the UK says it's sending personnel to the scene of the investigation "to verify relevant information" and its embassy in Belgium demands Belgian police to "conduct a comprehensive investigation."
The first 11 victims from the truck were transported Thursday night to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford for post-mortem examinations.


The UK Home Office was warned two years ago that there were staffing problems at east coast ports, Chancellor Sajid Javid told the BBC according to Britain's PA news agency.

"I couldn't tell you about staffing particularly at Purfleet, I don't have that detail," Javid said.

"But I can tell you that, during the last year, certainly the year that I was at the Home Office, there was a significant increase in the number of Border Force officers."

Context: The truck, which was carrying the 39 victims on board, arrived at Purfleet in England on Wednesday at 1:00 a.m. CET (12 a.m. BST).