Hong Kong protests: five Chinese University students charged with rioting over Monday’s disturbance on Sha Tin campus
- One defendant unable to attend court hearing as he was still in Prince of Wales Hospital, while two others showed up with apparent injuries
- All five accused of taking part in a riot in the vicinity of Postgraduate Hall near No 2 bridge at the university
Four young Chinese University students charged with rioting over the protests on school campus on Monday have been granted bail while one of their co-defendants remained in hospital.
The three men and one woman, aged from 18 to 21, were on Wednesday taken to Sha Tin Court, where more than a hundred people, many of them young students, gathered in support as confrontations continued on the university campus.
One defendant Hui Yi-chuen, 20, entered the dock with a large cotton gauze wrapped around his head, while Chan Lik-sik, 18, had a purplish bruise on his left cheekbone.
Their co-defendant Lau Chun-yuk, 21, did not show up as he remained in Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin. But his defence counsel Norris Chan Chin-chung revealed he could be discharged by Wednesday afternoon.
The defendants apprehended on school campus were among 287 people arrested on Monday.
A police spokesman said these defendants were arrested during a clearance operation following repeated warnings against protesters throwing stones and petrol bombs at officers below the bridge.
All five defendants were charged with one joint count of rioting and accused of taking part in a riot with unknown others in the vicinity of Postgraduate Hall near No 2 bridge at the university.
