Hongkong Post will inspect all mail addressed to court buildings before delivery as part of stepped-up security measures, the judiciary has revealed as it expressed grave concern over a spate of attempts to intimidate judges.
16 Mar 2021
A Hong Kong district court sentenced a 24-year-old man to nearly six years in prison on Monday for a series of offenses, including biting off the fingertip of a police sergeant during a pro-democracy protest in 2019.
District Judge Johnny Chan Jong-herng sentenced To Kai-wa to five and a half years in prison on March 15 after he was found guilty in February of four separate offenses: assaulting a police officer, inflicting grievous bodily harm, wounding with intent, and disorderly conduct in a public place.
Wounding with intent carries a maximum sentence of life in prison in Hong Kong, “but the term is capped at seven years when the case is heard at the District Court,” according to the
December 21, 2020
Three officers have been sentenced in relation to an attack in hospital on a detained man.
South China Morning Post
Two Hong Kong police officers have been jailed for up to 32 months for torturing a 62-year-old man under arrest and strapped to a hospital bed, while their colleague was sentenced to 17 months for not stopping them.
District Judge Johnny Chan Jong-herng said Au Kwok-wai, 26, and Tang Man-him, 25, “badly assaulted and humiliated” their victim as he lay defenceless on a New Territories hospital bed last June.
Chan also found that Lam Yik-sing, 31, had “walked away from the evil scene with a callous indifference”, despite being victim Chung Chi-wah’s “only lifeline”, adding his dereliction of duty exposed the man to further abuse and sealed the fate of all three officers.
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