Surgery completed for Hong Kong policeman seriously injured in Mong Kok riot
A source at Queen Elizabeth Hospital said the operation involved the officer’s broken cheekbones
A police officer whose face was seriously injured during the riot in Mong Kok on Monday night had an operation on Wednesday morning.
A source from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, where the police officer surnamed Wong had been admitted, said the surgery involving his broken cheekbones was completed in the morning.
Wong sustained head injuries after being attacked by protesters wielding bricks. He suffered fractures to his cheekbones and skull.
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On Tuesday, Wong’s supervisor, Ken Lee Chung-kin, said Wong recalled he had been hit by a “hard object” before getting knocked unconscious. He was one of two police officers to be hospitalised in serious condition.
Lee said Wong, a sergeant in his 40s, was doing fine but resting, and had already spoken to a police psychologist.
Also on Tuesday, the injured officer was visited by several pro-establishment lawmakers including Dr Priscilla Leung Mei-fun and Ip Kwok-him.
