Campaigners say thugs will never intimidate them
A signature campaign condemning last month's attack on legislator and lawyer Albert Ho Chun-yan was launched yesterday by about 20 legal professionals, who also sought to tell the public they would not yield to work-related violence.
The group, including barristers, solicitors and law scholars, said they were initiating the campaign as individuals, rather than as members of the Law Society or Bar Association, which have both issued statements condemning the attack.
Police suspect the August 20 attack on Mr Ho, in which he was beaten by three baton-wielding thugs inside a McDonald's restaurant in Queen's Road Central while a fourth man acted as a lookout, was related to his legal work.
No one has been arrested in connection with the attack, in which Mr Ho suffered head, arm and facial injuries, including a broken nose.
Organisers of the signature campaign want other legal professionals to sign the condemnation by September 25.
The statement and signatures will be published in one English- and one Chinese-language newspaper later this month, once the organisers have raised enough funds to pay for the space.