Artist Lee Wen 'attacked in bathroom' at Hong Kong's City University
Singaporean was found unconscious and bloodied in toilet after City University forum
Singaporean artist Lee Wen was discharged from hospital yesterday, a day after he was found unconscious in a City University bathroom with facial injuries following a forum there.
Police and media had initially said Lee could not recall if he had slipped and hurt himself or was beaten up. But he became convinced he had been attacked, according to his friend and fellow artist, Chan San-mu.
During the forum, Lee criticised the human rights situation on the mainland, but he did not speculate on a motive for the apparent attack, which resulted in minor injuries.
Lee was too tired to discuss with his friends who could have been behind the attack, said Chan, who met Lee after he was discharged from Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital. Lee was set to leave Hong Kong as scheduled today.
The 56-year-old, who has Parkinson's disease, was in the city for the Art Basel event.
"He was attacked before he had a chance to see what [the perpetrator] looked like," Chan said.