Man jailed 10 weeks for assaulting police on Tiananmen crackdown anniv. and outside court

[HKFP] - 12/5/2024

A 24-year-old man has been jailed for 10 weeks for assaulting Hong Kong police on two occasions, once outside a court and once on the anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown. Fok Shun-yin, described as unemployed, pleaded guilty at Eastern Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to three counts of (…)



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