bodyType

customContents

entityId

printArticlePageQuery

filter

article

body

urlAlias

articleSectionsContent

articleSeoArticle

articleSourceHeaderArticle

contentSchemaRenderContent

contentSubHeadlineContent

contentHeadlineContent

mainImagePrintArticleArticle

authorBlockPrintArticleArticle

contentSponsorTagContent

articlePianoPaywallContent

scmpYoutubeContent

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

query printArticlePageQuery(
  $entityId: String!
  $customContents: [CustomContentInput]
  $bodyType: BodyFormatTypeEnum
) {
  article(filter: {entityId: $entityId}) {
    entityId
    body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
      json
    }
    urlAlias
    ...articleSectionsContent
    ...articleSeoArticle_3o8td4
    ...articleSourceHeaderArticle
    ...contentSchemaRenderContent
    ...contentSubHeadlineContent
    ...contentHeadlineContent
    ...mainImagePrintArticleArticle
    ...authorBlockPrintArticleArticle
    ...contentSponsorTagContent
    ...articlePianoPaywallContent
    ...scmpYoutubeContent
    ...hooksTrackPageViewArticle
    id
  }
}

fragment articlePianoPaywallContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksPaywallPromiseContent
}

fragment articleSectionsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      ...helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection
      ...entityLink
      name
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment articleSeoArticle_3o8td4 on Article {
  ...hooksArticleSeoArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersGetArticleTypeArticle
  entityId
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
  summary {
    text
  }
  subHeadline {
    text
  }
  body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
    text
  }
  keywords
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  topics {
    name
    entityId
    id
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  images {
    style(filter: {style: "768x768"}) {
      url
    }
  }
  readingTime
}

fragment articleSourceHeaderArticle on Article {
  urlAlias
  ...entityLink
}

fragment authorBlockPrintArticleArticle on Article {
  ...defaultArticleDateContent
  ...authorNamesArticle
}

fragment authorNameAuthor on Author {
  ...entityLink
  name
  entityUuid
}

fragment authorNamesArticle on Article {
  authorLocations
  authors {
    entityId
    location
    ...authorNameAuthor
    id
  }
}

fragment blockquoteQuoteContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment contentHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  socialHeadline
  ...contentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
}

fragment contentNewsletterWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
    id
  }
  sections {
    value {
      relatedNewsletters {
        ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
        id
      }
      id
    }
  }
  ... on Article {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment contentSchemaRenderContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...blockquoteQuoteContent
  ...imageContent
  ...inlineWidgetContent
  ...photoGalleryWidgetContent
  ...scmpYoutubeContent
}

fragment contentShareWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  shortUrl
  socialHeadline
  headline
}

fragment contentSponsorTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentSubHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  subHeadline {
    json
  }
  summary {
    json
  }
  ...contentSchemaRenderContent
}

fragment defaultArticleDateContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksArticleDateUtilsContent
}

fragment entityLink on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  __typename
  entityId
  entityUuid
  urlAlias
  urlRedirect {
    toUrl
    id
  }
  application {
    entityId
    id
  }
  ... on Section {
    fullSectionPath {
      entityId
      id
    }
    parentSection
  }
  ...helpersAppBarVariantBase
  ...helpersApplicationBase
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersAppBarVariantBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsLiveArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...helpersSectionContent
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersApplicationBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
}

fragment helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection on Section {
  name
}

fragment helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle on Article {
  entityId
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  disableOffPlatformContent
  sponsorType
  published
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment helpersCheckIsLiveArticle on Article {
  flattenTypeIds
  liveArticle {
    status
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    paywallTypes {
      entityUuid
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsStyleArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersGetArticleTypeArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        entityId
        id
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter on Newsletter {
  entityId
  name
  alternativeName
  description {
    text
  }
  summary {
    text
  }
  homepageDescription {
    text
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle on Article {
  authors {
    types
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersStyleSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersUseContentSponsorContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    sponsor {
      ...sponsorTagSponsor
      name
      type
      id
    }
    id
  }
  ... on Article {
    sponsorType
  }
  ...helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent
}

fragment hooksArticleDateUtilsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  createdDate
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
}

fragment hooksArticleSeoArticle on Article {
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle
  entityId
  headline
  socialHeadline
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
  images {
    generic_og: style(filter: {style: "og_image_scmp_generic"}) {
      url
    }
    styles(filter: {styles: ["og_image_posties_article", "og_postmag", "og_image_style", "og_image_scmp_analysis", "og_image_scmp_explainer", "og_image_scmp_editorial", "og_image_scmp_fact_check", "og_image_scmp_debate", "og_image_scmp_live", "og_image_scmp_obituary", "og_image_scmp_opinion", "og_image_scmp_review", "og_image_scmp_series", "og_image_scmp_generic"]}) {
      url
      style
    }
    type
  }
  urlAlias
}

fragment hooksContentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        name
        entityId
        description {
          text
        }
        id
      }
    }
    ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  }
  flag
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  ...hooksContentHelperContent
}

fragment hooksContentHelperContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle
  ...helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle
  ...helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle
  flag
}

fragment hooksPaywallPromiseContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment hooksTrackPageViewArticle on Article {
  entityId
  publishedDate
  headline
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  entityUuid
}

fragment imageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  ...checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent
}

fragment inlineWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentNewsletterWidgetContent
}

fragment mainImagePrintArticleArticle on Article {
  images {
    title
    url
    isSlideshow
    size_652x446: style(filter: {style: "652x446"}) {
      url
    }
  }
}

fragment photoGalleryDialogContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment photoGalleryWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...photoGalleryDialogContent
}

fragment scmpYoutubeContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  publishedDate
}

fragment sponsorTagSponsor on Sponsor {
  name
  type
  images {
    url
  }
}


sections

types

disableOffPlatformContent

sponsorType

published

headline

socialHeadline

authors

images

publishedDate

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

keywords

topics

readingTime

authorLocations

entityUuid

Jasmine Siu

Two men and a woman had admitted to taking part in the violent assault of a mainlander who was visiting Hong Kong during last year’s social unrest, a court heard.
One of the men also admitted to attacking a drunk local, whom protesters mistook for a policeman when he attempted to clear a roadblock that obstructed his way home on the first night of demonstrations following the government’s ban on masks on October 5, 2019.
The District Court heard the 29-year-old visitor, named only as X, was walking alone back to his hostel in Mong Kok that evening when a woman identified him as a mainlander and drew the attention of about 30 black-clad individuals, who then assaulted him.
Videos played in the court showed saleswoman Wong Yee-ting, 23, holding up a rainbow-coloured umbrella that blocked cameras from recording the attacks, which took place intermittently while the group moved from Nathan Road to Argyle Street.
But cleaner Law Wai-wah, 57, was captured hitting X with a metal rod, before Egyptian construction worker Soliman Ahmed Fawzi Elsayed, 36, joined in and kicked him after he fell to the ground.

The same video also captured X holding an object in hand that was never used.
“Why do you need a brick on your way home?” a voice was heard shouting.
“Don’t let him go,” came another.
There were also people calling for the attackers to stop.
Senior Public Prosecutor Ivan Cheung Cheuk-kan said X bled profusely as a result of the four-minute assault that was eventually reported to police. X finally returned to the hostel at about 1am, with his phone, money, and bank cards taken away by the assailants.
X was then sent to Kwong Wah Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a bruised lip, multiple abrasions and a large haematoma on the back of his scalp. But he demanded to be discharged, against medical advice.
Student cleared of assaulting policeman after magistrate raises questions about officer’s ‘honesty’
Less than two hours after this, Law took part in a second assault and used the same rod to attack a drunk local, identified as Y, 45, who removed some obstructions at the junction of Nathan Road and Argyle Street after finding multiple barricades blocking his way home.
The man was confronted by more than 10 black-clad individuals who accused him of being a police officer and proceeded to assault him with punches, kicks and bamboo sticks, despite his denial.
The assault was also captured on video, which ended with Y sitting on the ground, with one hand holding his bleeding head.
Y was then taken by an ambulance to Kwong Wah Hospital, where he was found to have suffered multiple abrasions, bruising, and limited right arm movement due to the pain.
Both victims have since recovered from their injuries.
Law and Wong were arrested on December 31 last year. Soliman was caught at the airport while he was trying to leave Hong Kong on February 10.
Under caution, Law said he went to Mong Kok that night to look after the protesters and admitted to taking part in the assaults. Wong remained silent, while Soliman denied his involvement.

On Friday, Law pleaded guilty to two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, an offence punishable by seven years in the District Court, while Wong and Soliman each pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of wounding, which carried a lower term of three years.
All of them had no prior convictions.
They have all agreed to compensate X, sharing a sum of 10,000 yuan (US$1,484). Law also agreed to compensate Y’s medical expenses.
In mitigation, defence counsel Fiona Nam said her client Law was a respectable man of good character, who genuinely believed that young protesters were vulnerable to attacks during the anti-government movement, so he attended the scene after work to observe happenings and protect them.
Ambulanceman arrested, suspended over attack on mainland Chinese tourist
“He’s not a violent person,” Nam said. “Unfortunately, he was blinded by the anger he had at the time and foolishly resorted to violence for the first time in his life.”
Meanwhile, defence counsel Anthony Yuen argued that Wong had no intention to directly assault X and said she felt very remorseful after learning this “bitter lesson”.
Yuen also explained that Soliman, a resident of the same building as X’s hostel, was on his way to buy cigarettes when he heard someone shouting that the man had attacked protesters.
“Out of curiosity, he joined the group,” the counsel said. “That was stupid.”
He added that Soliman, who arrived in the city in 2008, “loves Hong Kong” and hoped he could be released soon to be reintegrated with the community.
District Judge Anthony Kwok Kai-on will sentence the trio on October 28.


Hong Kong protests: three admit to taking part in violent assault of mainland Chinese man last year, court hears

The District Court in the Wanchai Law Courts building in Hong Kong. Photo: Warton Li

General view of the Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei. 27FEB19 SCMP / Winson Wong

Anti-government protesters wear masks and rally from Causeway Bay to Central defying the newly issued anti-mask law by the Hong Kong government. 05OCT19 SCMP / Felix Wong

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One of the trio also admits to attacking a drunk local, whom protesters mistook for a policeman when he attempted to clear a roadblock on October 5, 2019
District Judge Anthony Kwok will sentence them on October 28



One of the trio also admits to attacking a drunk local, whom protesters mistook for a policeman when he attempted to clear a roadblock on October 5, 2019.


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Hong Kong protests: three admit to taking part in violent assault of mainland Chinese man last year, court hears

One of the trio also admits to attacking a drunk local, whom protesters mistook for a policeman when he attempted to clear a roadblock on October 5, 2019 District Judge Anthony Kwok will sentence them on October 28

One of the trio also admits to attacking a drunk local, whom protesters mistook for a policeman when he attempted to clear a roadblock on October 5, 2019

District Judge Anthony Kwok will sentence them on October 28