Hong Kong teenager jailed for nearly 5 years after assaulting bystander, pulling trigger on police officer’s shotgun during snatch attempt at protest
- Chan Chun-hin sentenced on one count each of rioting and attempted possession of firearms, and two counts of resisting a police officer
- The 18-year-old student was jailed for his part in a ‘very chaotic’ protest in Sheung Shui on December 28 two years ago
A teenager has been jailed for nearly five years for assaulting a passer-by and snatching a police officer’s shotgun during a chaotic protest at a Hong Kong shopping centre in 2019.
Chan Chun-hin, 18, was sentenced at the District Court on Thursday on one count each of rioting and attempted possession of firearms, and two counts of resisting a police officer, in relation to the incident at the Landmark North mall in Sheung Shui on December 28 two years ago.
Judge Frankie Yiu Fun-che said the student had “completely flouted law and order” with his attack on an innocent pedestrian who took a video of the demonstration.
Chan could have inflicted serious harm when he pulled the shotgun’s trigger during his attempt to take the weapon, had the firearm been unlocked and loaded, Yiu added.
He was found to have choked the man who filmed the disturbance and covered his accomplices’ assault with an umbrella. The court also held that he had resisted arrest before trying to steal the officer’s Remington shotgun.