Nathan Law attacked at Hong Kong International Airport by pro-China protesters
Lawmaker was returning from Taiwan, where he had attended seminar by local pro-independence party
Legislator Nathan Law Kwun-chung made a police report on Sunday night about being assaulted by pro-China protesters at the airport upon his return from Taiwan, where he had attended a seminar by a local pro-independence political party.
A dozen protesters showed up at Hong Kong International Airport in preparation for Law’s return at about 9.30pm after attending the two-day forum in Taipei with fellow Hong Kong lawmakers Edward Yiu Chung-yim and Eddie Chu Hoi-dick as well as student activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung.
Protesters confronted Law with banners and accused him of being a traitor colluding with the pro-independence camp in Taiwan. Some of them threw plastic drink bottles and hurled liquid at the lawmaker.
They also clashed with security guards and airport staff in order to get to Law, whose shirt was torn. The lawmaker’s glasses also flew off in the chaos, and at one point, he slipped and fell on some stairs. He later sought treatment at North Lantau Hospital.
Law has filed a police complaint. The case is being treated as an assault with personal injury. No one has been arrested so far.