Occupy protester Ken Tsang faces charges of assaulting Hong Kong police one year after seven officers allegedly beat him

Pro-democracy activist Ken Tsang Kin-chiu, who was allegedly beaten by seven police officers during the Occupy protests one year ago, will be charged with assaulting and obstructing police.

Tsang said police called him to be arrested by appointment. The charges include one occasion of assaulting police and obstruction of police on four occasions. It is understood he will be charged with one count of assaulting police and four counts of resisting police arrest when he goes to the police station. 

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He told a Commercial Radio programme this morning he was left confused by the phone call, as he was expecting a decision on whether charges would be laid against the officers who allegedly beat him in Admiralty a year ago today.

“I was stunned, even though I was calm, when I heard this,” Tsang said. “I needed to think about it again because the whole thing was strange and abnormal.”

The development comes as the officers accused of beating Tsang are today expected to be formally charged and appear in court.

Tsang said he had been arrested on charges of obstructing police from carrying out their duties, unlawful assembly and not possessing an identification document during Occupy protests last year. But he was released unconditionally on these charges.