Hong Kong lawmaker Junius Ho sues district councillor Roy Tam for ‘inciting others’ to vandalise his branch office in Tsuen Wan during protest havoc
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A controversial pro-Beijing lawmaker has sued a district councillor in a Hong Kong court, accusing him of inciting others to vandalise one of his offices.
In a writ filed to the District Court on Thursday, Junius Ho Kwan-yiu claimed an unspecified sum from pro-democracy councillor Roy Tam Hoi-pong, who he said conspired with or incited other protesters to trespass and damage his branch office in Tsuen Wan.
The damage was intentional, or at least reckless, with the aim of “threatening the personal safety of [Ho] and did cause [him] to feel threatened for his physical and psychological well-being”, the writ read.
But it did not include the date on which the incident occurred.
Ho, a legislator for the New Territories West constituency and also a rural leader, has been mired in controversy following an indiscriminate attack on anti-government protesters and other passengers by a group of white-clad men at Yuen Long MTR station on July 21, which left at least 45 injured.