Protesters Given Prison Terms for Beating Reporter at Hong Kong Airport
The sentences, stemming from an attack on a journalist for China’s state news media, were the heaviest yet in connection with the 2019 protests, a lawyer said.
Fu Guohao was taken away on a stretcher after being assaulted by protesters at Hong Kong’s international airport in August 2019.Credit.Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times
Published Jan. 8, 2021Updated Jan. 26, 2021
HONG KONG A Hong Kong court on Friday sentenced two men and one woman to several years in prison for assaulting a Chinese state media reporter during a protest that paralyzed the territory’s international airport in 2019.
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Hong Kong protesters jailed for 2019 assault on mainland reporter at airport
The reporter was zip-tied, restrained on a baggage cart, kicked and punched by a group of attackers.PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM VICE NEWS/FACEBOOK
PublishedJan 8, 2021, 7:11 pm SGT
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HK protesters jailed for airport assault on mainland reporter Afp, Hong Kong Afp, Hong Kong
Three Hong Kong democracy supporters were jailed for up to five and a half years yesterday for their involvement in a protest at the city s airport where a mainland Chinese state media reporter was tied up and assaulted.
Hong Kong was rocked by seven straight months of huge and sometimes violent democracy protests in 2019 which China has since stamped out with a crackdown.
At one point, protesters converged on and blockaded the airport for two days causing travel chaos.
During the protests, some of those in the crowd turned on two people they accused of being Chinese spies or undercover police.
CHINA / SOCIETY By Global Times Published: Jan 06, 2021 12:37 PM
Hong Kong rioters tied Global Times reporter Fu Guohao to an airport trolley and beat him after falsely claiming he was a fake reporter. File Photo: AFP
A Hong Kong court has found three suspects involved in illegally detaining and wounding a Global Times reporter at the Hong Kong airport in August 2019, guilty of riots and assaulting people, with some observers calling the conviction within their expectation and saying that justice has been served.
Lai Yun Long was found guilty of attacking and taking part in riot activities while Pat Wai-fun was found guilty for illegal detention, attacking and taking part in riot activities, according to local media reports in Hong Kong. Another attacker was also found guilty of assault and taking part in riot activities, reports said.