Taking Hong Kong protester shot by police to court ‘completely inappropriate’ lawyer says, as teen charged with rioting and assault
- Tsang Chi-kin was hit with live round during clashes in Tsuen Wan on Tuesday
- He did not appear in court as he is recovering in hospital after undergoing emergency surgery
The 18-year-old Hong Kong student protester who was shot in the chest by an officer during clashes on Tuesday has been charged with rioting and assaulting police.
Tsang Chi-kin did not appear in Sha Tin Court on Thursday as he was still recovering at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Jordan, following emergency surgery to remove a bullet from his chest.
His defence counsel, Linda Wong, complained the case had been brought to court under “completely inappropriate circumstances”, as the prosecution did not disclose the time of his arrest or reveal the identity of the arresting officer.
“I’ve never come across this situation before in my many years of practice,” Wong said.
But senior public prosecutor Ivan Cheung Cheuk-kan said the information had not been deliberately withheld, and would be provided by the time Tsang was required to enter a plea.