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Hong Kong protests: teacher controversially remanded to psychiatric hospital gets nine weeks’ jail for kicking officer
- Yeung Pok-man’s sentencing follows his conviction for a November 11 incident where he was confronted for slowing traffic during a citywide strike
- Magistrate Debbie Ng sparked complaints of bias after suggesting he may have manufactured an alleged police assault due to a personality disorder
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A Hong Kong primary school teacher has been jailed for nine weeks for kicking a police officer during last year’s anti-government protests, with the sentence handed down by the same magistrate who sparked controversy by sending him to a psychiatric hospital three months ago.
Yeung Pok-man, 29, will not serve his sentence immediately, however, after being released pending an appeal.
Fanling Court on Tuesday heard that Yeung, the first teacher to be convicted over the unrest sparked by the now-withdrawn extradition bill in June last year, had been dismissed by his school.
He was convicted in June of assaulting a police officer on November 11, during a citywide strike by protesters. Yeung was accused of slowing traffic at an elevated roundabout on So Kwun Po Road in Sheung Shui as part of a demonstration that morning.
The teacher was said to have resisted officers after being told to leave his car, kicking Sergeant Chung Wang-yip in the abdomen.
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