警方8.31在港鐵太子站的行動，引發「打死人」質疑，立法會議員毛孟靜昨（11日）引述當晚事故現場與消防處控制中心的對話紀錄，稱事件仍存疑點。副消防總長（總部）陳慶勇今午（12日）在記者會上，確認毛孟靜引用的消防處內部紀錄撮要及資料，與處方完整行動紀錄脗合，但指當中涉及消防處人員慣用的術語或用語，若錯誤解讀會引起誤會。
陳並承認用港鐵將傷者由太子站運往荔枝角站再轉送醫院，做法「從救援角度是不理想」，但考慮當時警方風險評估等情況後，是當時的「最佳選擇」。
對於毛孟靜昨質疑，救護員處理有大量傷者的事故時，應即場有紀錄卡記錄傷者情況，不接受消防處解釋8.31當晚因現場情況混亂、傷者曾移動等致點錯傷者人數。副救護總長曾敏霞今日回應，首名救護現場指揮官於8．31晚上11時30分到達太子站B1出口，之後進入月台，當時他因想盡快到現場評估情況及向指揮中心匯報以安排資源，且相信之後會有同事到月台協助，故無帶同檢傷分類卡進入月台。
消防處指出，當晚11:30第一個消防指揮官落站作評估，要求增援，一小時後，方獲警方准許落站。其間警方指現場没有傷者，不准消防員進站救傷，均不太理想。受傷人數由10人改為7人，仍然指是點算錯誤，現場記者均未能釋疑。
Questions were raised whether people died during police actions at MTR Prince Edward Station on 31 August. Legislator Claudia Mo quoted a record of communications between Fire Services Control Centre and firemen on site on the night of the accident, saying that the incident remained unclear. Derek Chan, Deputy Chief Fire Officer (Headquarters), confirmed at the press conference this afternoon that the internal records of the Fire Services Department cited by Mo matched with the department’s record of the operation. But misinterpretation of the technical terms used can cause misunderstanding.
Chan admitted that the use of the MTR to transport the injured from Prince Edward Station to Lai Chi Kok Station and then to the hospital was “undesirable from the perspective of rescue”. However, considering the police risk assessment and other circumstances, it was the “best choice” at that time.
Mo questioned yesterday that when an ambulanceman handled an accident with a large number of injured persons, he should have a record card to record the injured person on the spot. She did not accept the Fire Department’s explanation of mistake counting of the number of injured people due to chaotic situation and the injured person had moved. Tsang Man-ha, Deputy Chief Ambulance Officer, said the first ambulance scene commander arrived at Exit B1 of Prince Edward Station at 11.30 pm on 31 August and then entered the platform. At that time, he wanted to go to the scene as soon as possible to assess the situation and report to the command centre to arrange resources, and did not bring the injury classification cards.
The Fire Services Department pointed out it was not ideal that additional firemen were only allowed to enter the station by the police 1 hour after the fire commander arrived at 11:30 pm and the police said that there were no casualties at the scene thus barring the firemen from entering. The briefing failed to dispel doubts about how the number of injured was changed from 10 to 7 people.
