Four arrested over attack on Hong Kong activists who tried to intervene in fracas on street
- Pro-democracy activists Hendrick Lui, 37, and Wong Ka-ho, 32, and their female assistant were injured in incident at the weekend
- Trouble initially broke out when a male pedestrian got into an argument with supporters of national security law outside railway station
Four men have been arrested in connection with an assault on a pro-democracy activist pair who tried to film and intervene as a gang attacked a passer-by outside a Hong Kong railway station over the weekend, according to police.
The suspects, aged 31 to 43, were among a group of about 10 men believed to have been hired to guard a booth where signatures were being collected to support controversial national security legislation, a law enforcement source said on Wednesday.
The fracas erupted at about 5pm on Sunday when a male pedestrian got into an argument with supporters of the booth under a footbridge outside Fanling MTR station.
During the dispute, the gang rushed out and attacked the passer-by, according to the source.
Nearby, two pro-democracy activists, Hendrick Lui Chi-hang, 37, and Wong Ka-ho, 32, and their female assistant, 56, were holding a voter registration campaign in the street when they spotted the attack and tried to intervene.
