Inquests have now been opened and adjourned into the four Vietnamese men whose remains were discovered following a mill fire in Oldham. Uoc Van Nguyen, Cuong Van Chu, Duong Van Nguyen and Nam Thanh Lee have all been formally identified following the tragedy at the derelict Bismark House Mill.
Over a series of hearings at Rochdale Coroners Court this morning (December 1), Greater Manchester Police explained how detectives had been able to identify three of the men by travelling to Vietnam before matching DNA from the remains to their grieving relatives. An inquest into Cuong's death had been opened by coroner Joanne Kearsley back in August as an unidentified person at the time.
The court heard today that police have since been able to take DNA from fragments of the married 39-year-old's right thigh, before matching it with his parents. Ms Kearsley then opened the inquests of Nam 21, and Duong, 29.
