VANCOUVER — Family members of more than 150 people who died when seven highrises burned in Hong Kong last week "deserve the truth," said Phoebe Wong, who attended a memorial in Vancouver late Sunday for those killed.

Wong said she feels heartbroken and news of the fire hurts for those who have roots in Hong Kong, where she lived before moving to Vancouver a few years ago.

"Hong Kong people are so upset about it because we found out it's not purely an accident," said Wong, who was among the crowd holding a white placard with the words: 'You can ask me about the fire in Hong Kong.'

"And we believe it's a chain of corruption behind it, and it's a chain of mistakes from the government that led to these results."

Wong was among hundreds of people who lined up around the Vancouver Art Galler

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