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Hong Kong independence activist faces new assault charge in Mong Kok riot trial
Development comes as justice minister refutes claims Beijing engineered move to jail three student activists in separate criminal case
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A Hong Kong pro-independence activist will face a new charge accusing him of assaulting a police officer during a riot, as part of a high-profile trial set for next year.
The additional charge against Edward Leung Tin-kei, spokesman for Hong Kong Indigenous, was added at the High Court on Saturday on top of three riot-related charges Leung already faces.
The development came as Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung refuted claims that Beijing engineered a move to jail three student activists, including Occupy movement leader Joshua Wong Chi-fung, in a separate criminal case.
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“Categorically and very clearly, I can tell you that the [central government] was absolutely not involved in this incident,” Yuen said, when a pupil raised the question at a forum on the Basic Law, the city’s mini-constitution.
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At the High Court, Leung, who last year sought to run for a Legislative Council seat but was disqualified, left the court building in Admiralty without commenting on his case.
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