AS IT HAPPENED: Occupy protester Ken Tsang and seven police officers accused of beating him bailed by Hong Kong court in separate cases
Seven policemen accused of beating Occupy protester Ken Tsang Kin-chiu last year were bailed by Eastern Court today and their case adjourned until November 17. Tsang was bailed in a separate, closely connected case and told to return to court on December 9 for a pre-trial session. No pleas were made in either case.
3.45pm: In Tsang's case, representing the prosecution today is also Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions David Leung SC. Solicitor Michael Vidler and barrister James McGowan represent Tsang.
McGowan told magistrate So Wai-tak they had just received detailed allegations against Tsang and hence asked for no plea.
Tsang said he "understood" after being read the charge.
McGowan noted the case of the seven police officers accused of beating Tsang had been adjourned to November 17.
He urged the magistrate to adjourn Tsang's case to December 9 for a pre-trial session, so that he could have time to prepare the case.
Leung questioned the length of the adjournment, but McGowan rebutted it by saying the prosecution now objected to the adjournment even though it had taken the Department of Justice so long to bring the case to court.
So allowed the adjournment and granted Tsang bail on a surety of HK$300.