I can not, not, NOT, understand why anyone would attempt to justify, defend, explain or mitigate the circumstances of locking people in a building with no emergency escape route! And, no, the giving out of keys would not be a sufficient safety factor. Hasn't anyone heard of doors that lock from the inside? The are locked on the outside but can be opened from within. Good grief! Again, I consider this a criminal action. The police would have the perpetrator in custody if this were the US. It is simply never morally or legally justified to put people at such foolish risk. And before you jump in to tell me that I have misunderstood the situation, I am taking the word of the person responsible who was interveiwed by the Peninsula. The doors were locked and could only be opened by a key that was held by one person. Breathtakingly horrifying.
Mandi
I can not, not, NOT, understand why anyone would attempt to justify, defend, explain or mitigate the circumstances of locking people in a building with no emergency escape route! And, no, the giving out of keys would not be a sufficient safety factor. Hasn't anyone heard of doors that lock from the inside? The are locked on the outside but can be opened from within. Good grief! Again, I consider this a criminal action. The police would have the perpetrator in custody if this were the US. It is simply never morally or legally justified to put people at such foolish risk. And before you jump in to tell me that I have misunderstood the situation, I am taking the word of the person responsible who was interveiwed by the Peninsula. The doors were locked and could only be opened by a key that was held by one person. Breathtakingly horrifying.
Mandi