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November 22nd, 2013 
Awake Goy CCTV footage released of Gong Ling Tang who died after being left outside Dandenong police station
- 2 hours ago November 22, 2013 4:39PM
Last moments in police custody 5:15
Courts release shocking footage of the final moments of police prisoner Gong Ling Tang, who died hours after this video was shot. Warning: some viewers may find this footage disturbing
* WARNING: This footage contains disturbing images.
SHOCKING footage of a dying man crawling from his cell and being forced from a police station shortly before he died can finally be shown.
The CCTV video, released at a coronial inquest into the death of Gong Ling Tang today, has been made public with the blessing of his family.
The Herald Sun has published an edited version of the video with this report, as the released footage consisted of more than 50 minutes.
Mr Tang allegedly pleaded with police to be taken to hospital after being arrested for being drunk in May 2010.
The 53-year-old died from gastrointestinal haemorrhage hours after collapsing in a puddle outside the Dandenong police station following his release from custody.
Police had opposed the footage being released, saying it would be taken out of context and could endanger the relationship between police and the public.
But the Herald Sun and Mr Tang’s family argued it should be made public.
Gong Ling Tang crawled from his cell after begging to be taken to the hospital. He later died from a gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Source: Supplied
Coroner Iain West said: “It is in effect a death in custody.”
Mr Tang’s wife and daughter supported release of the footage, despite its distressing nature.
“The family are grateful that the tragic final hours of their husband and father have been revealed,” their lawyer Genna Angelowitsch, from Adviceline Injury Lawyers, said.
“The police who were there did not give evidence but the CCTV footage shows their actions.”
Ms Angelowitsch also said that the family were grateful for the brave testimony of the interpreter Yu Shu Lipski, who said she had never seen anyone treated that way in six years of translating for police.
Gong Ling Tang. Source: Supplied
The footage shows Mr Tang, who appears unbalanced and unable to walk properly, refusing to leave the police station after being allowed to do so.
Shortly later two officers are seen escorting Mr Tang outside the station and leaving him alone outside with a bag of his personal property.
Moments later Mr Tang appeared to collapse in a puddle. He died in hospital the following morning.
My Tang died hours after being removed from Dandenong police station and left outside, where he collapsed in a puddle. Source: Supplied
Senior Constable Sharnie Huth told the court it was not normal practice for an accused who had been bailed to be released in this way.
The court heard Mr Tang was “half pushed out” of a police holding area by an officer.
Mandarin interpreter Ms Lipski told the court in six years of translating for police she had never seen someone treated the way police had treated Mr Tang.
Ms Lipski said police laughed at Mr Tang, who had soiled himself, ridiculed him, yelled at him and showed him little respect.
The court heard during Mr Tang’s interview one of the police officers “was laughing so much that she had tears coming out of her eyes.”
Ms Lipski said he told her: “I want to go home, I want to have a shower, I want to go to hospital, I can’t take it anymore. I’m going to die.”
An unsteady Mr Tang being removed from the police station. Source: Supplied
She said despite seeing Mr Tang, who was also bleeding, rolling around on the floor in pain officers were told to “get rid go him”.
“I was very concerned about his health,” she said.
“I could see lots of blood in the cell near the bed,” she said.
No officers have been charged or faced any disciplinary action, Victoria Police has confirmed.
The court has heard there is conflicting evidence about what arrangements had been made for Mr Tang upon his release.
When paramedics arrived at the police station Mr Tang was seen lying barefoot in a puddle of water.
He was admitted to intensive care with hypothermia and liver failure. He died from a gastrointestinal haemorrhage the next morning.
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