Report about alleged assault not made immediately as Occupy activist Ken Tsang did not trust police, court hears
Tsang told court he also couldn’t tell others who were arrested about the alleged beating by police officers because of a ban on talking during detention
Occupy activist Ken Tsang Kin-chiu, who was allegedly assaulted by seven police officers, did not immediately file a report to police as he did not trust them, a court trying the policemen accused of the beating heard on Tuesday.
“Even if I tried to look over my shoulder to look at the clock hanging on the wall, I would be shouted at,” Tsang recalled, referring to the conditions at the Hong Kong Police College in Wong Chuk Hang.
The activist was arrested for pouring liquid on police officers during the protest on October 15 and was later taken to the police school. It was alleged that soon after his arrest that day, Tsang was attacked and hit with blunt objects by seven police officers at a substation on Lung Wui Road in Admiralty.
His account of events was challenged on Tuesday by defence counsel Edwin Choy Wai-bond, who pressed Tsang for an answer on why he kept the alleged assault to himself until he met his legal representatives, despite being given numerous opportunities to disclose it to police.