Judge decries ‘vicious beating’ of activist Ken Tsang in 2014
The Associated Press
Posted: Feb 16, 2017 11:50 PM ET
Last Updated: Feb 16, 2017 11:50 PM ET
Seven Hong Kong police officers have been sentenced to two years in prison for assaulting a pro-democracy activist at the height of 2014 protests.
The attack was caught on film by TV news cameras, stoking outrage among residents of the Chinese financial hub and further fueling the protests against Beijing’s plan to restrict elections.
District Court Judge David Dufton said Friday in his sentencing remarks that it was a serious case that required prison time. He said officers bound activist Ken Tsang’s hands behind his back with plastic ties and subjected him to a “vicious assault.”
Protesters were scuffling with police in the pre-dawn hours of Oct. 15, 2014, when news cameras caught officers carrying Tsang away and beating him up in a dark corner of a park.
Ken Tsang, a member of a local pro-democracy political party is shown recovering at a hospital on Oct. 15, 2014. Footage of his run-in with police went viral. (The Associated Press)
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