Hong Kong protests: bank manager gets 100 hours of community service for shining laser beams at police
- Kwok Fu-wah, 37, admitted to have shone flashlights at police vehicles and officers of Tseung Kwan O Police Station on New Year’s Day
- He was spared jail in Kwun Tong Court and was asked to do 100 hours of unpaid community work
A Hong Kong bank manager who admitted to shining laser beams at a police station near his residence out of impulse has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service over weaponry offences.
Kwok Fu-wah, 37, has been spared jail in Kwun Tong Court for carrying two laser pointers at King Lam Estate in Tseung Kwan O, where he lives, on New Year’s Day.
He was said to have shone flashlights at police vehicles and officers who stood guard at the entrance of Tseung Kwan O Police Station at 10.30pm from the rear staircase on the 10th floor of King Nam House.
Prosecutors said the act of harassment had prevented an auxiliary constable, who was at the station’s entrance, from carrying out his duties, but no officers had been injured.
Kwok was subsequently arrested that night, with his two laser pointers seized by police. An examination later found the two devices could cause ocular damage if the eyes were directly exposed to the laser beam within 60m.
He was initially charged with possessing offensive weapons in a public place – violating Section 33 of the Public Order Ordinance – which is punishable by a jail term for defendants aged 25 or above.