Update | Man arrested over assaults on journalists at anti-Occupy rally
Further arrests could follow after attacks on four RTHK and TVB staff at anti-Occupy rally as journalist groups demand more protection
Police have arrested a 61-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting journalists during an anti-Occupy Central, pro-police rally in Tsim Sha Tsui on Saturday.
The case was being treated as assault occasioning actual bodily harm, criminal damage and common assault, police said.
"We will not rule out the possibility of making further arrests," Chief Superintendent Steve Hui Chun-tak of the Police Public Relations Branch said yesterday. Four journalists, from RTHK and TVB, fell victim to attacks in the mayhem that broke out at the "blue ribbon" rally on Saturday.
A woman reporter was dragged to the ground, while a male reporter had his glasses knocked off and tie yanked. One cameraman was grabbed by the neck and another was pushed to the ground. All were scratched around their torsos and faces.
Since the Occupy sit-ins began, at least 24 journalists, including one South China Morning Post reporter, had faced attacks of different degrees, the Hong Kong Journalists Association said.