LettersThose blaming Hong Kong police have never felt the heat of a petrol bomb

I am annoyed by the letters sent to the Post recently accusing police officers of failing to identify themselves, when they are dealing with rioters who throw petrol bombs (“Hong Kong police action has become provocative, not remedial”, November 5; “Hong Kong police: remarkably restrained or masked thugs?”, November 7).

At the beginning of the unrest, the police officers involved in the operations did identify themselves, including the “raptor squads”. However, when the rioters/protesters realised that what they were doing was not able to achieve their goals, they resorted to doxxing, as they started to use the displayed identities to obtain personal particulars including addresses from the internet, not only to harass the officers concerned but also their family members. Even young children were not spared in the protesters’ psychological warfare.

To prevent this from happening, the police association applied for an interim injunction, which was granted by the High Court, so that officers’ personal particulars could not be used for harassment. The effectiveness of the injunction has yet to be judged.

Some readers surely do not have the full picture of what is happening in Hong Kong. They should stop living in their ivory towers and go down onto the streets to feel the heat of the petrol bombs.