Ken Tsang worried about leading questions when police asked him to give statement after alleged assault, court hears
But defence accuses Occupy protester of being ‘deliberately uncooperative’ and ‘political posturing’
Pro-democracy activist Ken Tsang Kin-chiu, keen to run in the upcoming Legislative Council polls, on Friday denied suggestions in court that his testimony against seven policemen accused of assaulting him was political posturing.
Prosecution witness Tsang – a Civic Party member and registered social worker – was asked whether he wanted to become a “career politician” by defence lawyer Edwin Choy Wai-bond SC as he testified at District Court on the admissibility of news footage that prosecutors argued was relevant.
Earlier, Tsang told the court that he speculated he was assaulted by the police officers when he was subdued, asserting only police officers and not demonstrators resorted to force on October 15, 2014, during the Occupy movement protests in Admiralty.
After Tsang admitted he aspired to a political career, Choy told him that when he told the court earlier that he thought “only police would use force, it was political posturing” on his part.
The pro-democracy activist, who stated when asked that he was considering running for the Legco polls in September, disagreed.