Policeman who survived sensational 2006 'devil cop' shoot-out launches book
Policeman who survived 2006 shoot-out writes book recounting his escape from jaws of death
The glory was short-lived, but the pain has accompanied police officer Wilson Sin Ka-keung every day of his life for the past eight years, like "a friend".
One bullet went through his head and impaired his eyesight, but it was the second bullet, puncturing his left leg, that caused the long-lasting pain for Sin, the sole survivor of a Tsim Sha Tsui shoot-out with "devil cop" Tsui Po-ko in 2006.
"Pain is only a sensation. I've learned to live with it as a friend," he said yesterday at the launch of his book - a 221-page Chinese-language account of his escape from the jaws of death.
Sin shot to fame after he survived, albeit with serious injuries, a March 17, 2006, gun attack by the off-duty Tsui, 35, in a Canton Road/Austin Road underpass. Fellow constable Tsang Kwok-hang, 34, killed Tsui before succumbing to his own injuries. Tsui's motive for the attack remains a mystery.
Sin, then 28, emerged as the only surviving witness, enduring a 71-day hospital stay.
A bullet had pierced his nose on the right and exited through his right ear, injuring the ear canal. It left shadows at the bottom of his right eyeball, and some of his teeth fell out.