Man arrested in Hong Kong for calmly shoving cleaner onto rail track
Incident in Yuen Long captured on CCTV footage that has since gone viral
A man from Southeast Asia was arrested in Hong Kong on Saturday morning for pushing a cleaner onto a rail track in the town of Yuen Long.
The incident was captured on CCTV footage that has since gone viral and which appears to show the 59-year-old female cleaner shoved in the back before the culprit calmly walks away.
The woman, surnamed Leung, had been standing on platform No 5 at the Yuen Long terminal for the Light Rail’s 761P route at about 10.30am. The platform receives cars heading towards Tin Yat.
After she waves to an acquaintance, the 56-year-old man – wearing a beige cap, green shirt and brown trousers – walks towards Leung and suddenly pushes her onto the track with his right hand. He then calmly walks away.
No train was passing by at that moment.