7 Hong Kong Police Officers Convicted of Assaulting Protester in 2014
One of the seven officers was convicted of an additional count of assault, an offense
that carries a maximum sentence of one year of prison, for later slapping Mr. Tsang twice at a police station.
14, 2017
HONG KONG — Seven Hong Kong police officers were convicted of assault on Tuesday for beating
a protester during the pro-democracy demonstrations that swept the city in 2014.
A local television news crew recorded police officers in Hong Kong beating a bound protester, who has been identified as Ken Tsang.
The judge, David Dufton of the District Court of Hong Kong, said
that the two defendants identified as the watching officers had played a supporting role in the assault and found them guilty along with the others.
Mr. Tsang, 41, was found guilty in May of assaulting police officers
and resisting arrest; he is appealing his conviction and a five-week jail sentence.
Before the assault, prosecutors said, the seven officers had singled out Mr. Tsang after he poured an unknown liquid on a different group of officers.