Hong Kong student facing life in prison in connection with vicious gang attack on visitor from mainland China
- Man from mainland hospitalised after Monday beating
- More than 10 protesters attacked victim with glass bottles and umbrellas leaving him with multiple head wounds
A Hong Kong student is facing life in prison after being charged with conspiracy to wound with intent, in connection with an assault on a man from mainland China.
Ma Chun-ki, 18, appeared in West Kowloon Court on suspicion of conspiring with others to hurt the mainlander, whom the prosecution only identified as X, at the junction of Shantung Street and Portland Street in Mong Kok in the early hours of Monday.
Prosecutors said more than 10 protesters attacked the victim with glass bottles and umbrellas, leaving him hospitalised with multiple wounds to the head.
Acting chief magistrate Peter Law Tak-chuen denied Ma’s bail application after prosecutors raised an objection. Ma will reappear in Kowloon City Court on April 7.
The victim was mauled by protesters who took to the streets of Mong Kok on Sunday night in remembrance of the unrest that broke out in the neighbourhood four years ago.
Police are still investigating the assault of a 37-year-old visitor from Wuhan, mainland China, near the same Mong Kok protest spot on Sunday.