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Coronavirus: Hong Kong men charged with assaulting police during Heritage Lodge protest banned from quarantine site
- The two, 18 and 24 years old, allegedly attacked officers near Mei Foo MTR station on February 2
- Both were said to live near site of planned quarantine facility
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Two Hong Kong men charged with assaulting police officers during a protest against a new coronavirus quarantine site have been banned from the facility and parts of the surrounding area as part of their bail conditions.
Student Lee Kai-chun, 18, and clerk Chan Hiu-yeung, 24, were on Wednesday barred from setting foot in Jao Tsung-I Academy and its Heritage Lodge in Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, which has been designated as a shelter to quarantine people who have had close contact with patients infected with the deadly virus.
The government revealed the site designation on Friday, after plans for a previous site were dropped amid strong opposition.
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The lodge adds 89 rooms to the 90 living spaces already available at three holiday camps previously designated for isolation.
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The defendants have also been banned from entering a neighbouring section of Broadway, as part of bail conditions imposed by Fanling Court.
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