Hong Kong protests: pair bailed after overnight dispute outside residential estate office

Men live at Richland Gardens in Ngau Tau Kok where angry crowd had confronted staff over changes to access codes

Residents also said people wearing black had been stopped from getting back to their homes after civil unrest in Kwun Tong

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Angry residents surrounded the management office at Richland Gardens in Kowloon Bay after the access codes were changed. Photo: Wikipedia

Published: 2:04pm, 26 Aug 2019Updated: 9:12pm, 26 Aug 2019

Two men charged with hitting a police vehicle in a dispute over access to their flats during the protests in Hong Kong this weekend were ordered on Monday to stay away from the management office of their building, and obey a curfew by a court.

Lam Chi-hing, 35, a social service sector worker, and Ling Shing-chung, 26, a part-time employee at Hongkong Post, both live at Richland Gardens in Ngau Tau Kok, a residential neighbourhood in east Kowloon.

The pair appeared at Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Court on Monday, where they were each charged with one count of behaving in a disorderly manner in a public place.

Lam and Ling were accused of punching the police van and verbally abusing officers at the residential estate during an overnight incident, when the estate’s management office was besieged by angry residents after an anti-government rally in Kwun Tong.

Acting Principal Magistrate Ivy Chui Yee-mei adjourned the case until October 21.

Prosecutor William Wong Wa-fun said the justice department would also consider placing additional charges against the pair before the next hearing.