Occupy activist Ken Tsang’s injuries ‘almost certainly’ inflicted by police baton, Hong Kong court told
Prosecutor in case of man arrested during Occupy protests alleges one officer hit Tsang in the face when he wouldn’t give his phone password
Bruises found on activist Ken Tsang Kin-chiu, who was allegedly assaulted by seven police officers during the Occupy protests, “almost certainly” matched injuries inflicted by a type of police baton, a court heard on Wednesday.
After a four-month adjournment, prosecutors returned to the District Court to allege the officers not only kicked and punched Tsang, but hit him with a blunt instrument during the early hours of October 15, 2014 at a substation near Lung Wui Road in Admiralty.
Prosecutor Daniel Marash SC said a medical examination showed Tsang had red bruises and cuts on his head and body, most of which could have been caused by punches, kicks and being hit with a blunt object.
Some 15 circular bruises on Tsang’s back, the report found, were “completely congruent with” a retractable baton, and were almost certainly caused by it.
But, the prosecutor alleged, no batons were used in subduing Tsang before the assault.