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Eddie Lee

A legal aid applicant staged a three-hour confrontation with police at the High Court in Admiralty on Thursday after allegedly cutting his arm with a blade inside a courtroom.
The 48-year-old man, surnamed Cheung, was taken to hospital after police detained him at around 1:20pm.
Chief inspector Nancy Lo Shui-lin, from the Central Police Station, said the man was at the High Court to appeal against a decision relating to his legal aid application.
“He became emotional before the ruling,” Lo said.

She said Cheung alerted police at around 10:20am after he allegedly cut himself with a two-inch blade.
A team of police negotiators was immediately deployed to the High Court building, Lo said.
Policemen equipped with shields were standing by at the High Court building and cordoned off part of the second floor, where the confrontation took place.
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Police did not say whether the man had made any requests.
Wearing a black hood, Cheung was finally carried out of the courtroom on a stretcher.
Lo said no other people were injured during the incident.
Three of the seven courtrooms on the second floor of the High Court building were shut during the incident, while the remaining four continued to handle cases.


Man taken to hospital after three-hour confrontation with police at High Court

The man was taken away on a stretcher after three-hour ordeal at High Court in Admiralty. Photo: Eddie Lee

Police cordons off part of the High Court building in Wan Chai after an emotional legal aid applicant, said to be a 60-year-old man, allegedly cut his arm with a knife in the block. 06OCT16 SCMP/ Sam Tsang

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Three of seven courtrooms in the Admiralty building shut after man cut himself and notified authorities
