A VIETNAMESE inmate was dragged to the administration block and assaulted by officers during the Whitehead detention centre raid, Sha Tin Court heard.
Tong Cong Sau testified for the Crown yesterday that he was assaulted by four uniformed officers after he climbed down from the roof to avoid tear-gas.
The court heard the incident occurred on April 7 during a removal operation in which more than 1,500 Vietnamese were moved to High Island detention centre pending repatriation.
On trial are two Correctional Services Assistant Officers (Class 2), Yue Ka-fai, 22, and Wong Sze-fai, 23, who were the serving officers at Section 7 of Whitehead.
Represented by Paul Tse Tak-yan, Yue and Wong pleaded not guilty to a joint count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm in which they are accused of assaulting Nguyen Van Hieu with other unknown persons, occasioning bodily harm, in the corridor of the security office in Section 7.
Wong also denied common assault on Tong. Tong told the court he woke at 6 am when he heard inmates saying police had come and they were going to be repatriated.
He said he used rope to tie himself up with other inmates who formed a line and shouted slogans against forced repatriation.