Indonesian journalist demands answers after she was shot in the face with non-lethal round by Hong Kong police officer
- Veby Mega Indah, an associate editor with Suara Hong Kong News, says her right eye was injured by a projectile fired by a police officer
- It was unclear whether 39-year-old had been struck by a beanbag round or a rubber bullet
An Indonesian journalist who was shot in the face by a Hong Kong police officer has demanded to know why she was targeted while covering Sunday’s violent protests in full press gear.
Veby Mega Indah, a 39-year-old associate editor with Suara Hong Kong News, told the Post that her right eye was injured by a projectile during the day’s street violence and she needed three stitches near her eyebrow. It was unclear at press time whether she had been struck by a beanbag round or a rubber bullet.
Indah told the Post: “I was wearing a helmet and a pair of goggles. I was standing with other journalists. I heard a journalist shouting ‘Don’t shoot, we are journalists’. But the police shot.”
Indah spoke exclusively to the Post while being treated at the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan. Suara Hong Kong News is a local newspaper commonly read by Indonesian domestic workers.
“The next thing I know was that I saw a bag coming towards me, and then I was down,” she said, as tears streamed from down her face. Her forehead and right eye were swollen and she complained of extreme pain and dizziness.