My Take | Is Hong Kong OK with man being set on fire?
- Pan-democratic lawmakers have condemned police shooting of protester, but appear intent on downplaying horrific torching by rioters
A man who argued with a group of rioters in Ma On Shan was doused with a flammable liquid and set alight. He suffered 40 per cent burns to his body.
A black-clad suspect was shot by a police officer while the latter wrestled with another rioter.
Both potentially deadly incidents were caught on film, but pan-democratic lawmakers only condemned the police shooting.
Speaking as convenor for the pan-dem bloc, lawmaker Tanya Chan denounced police handling of Monday’s unrest as “near insanity” and their use of violence “absolutely out of proportion”.
“They’ve walked all over us,” she said while calling on university chiefs to stand up against police violence on students.
“On October 1, we saw a youngster being hurt by police. Today again, they used a pistol. I really urge the government: don’t make the same mistake … I hope that police will reveal the truth and the whole truth.”