Knife intimidation in Central.
At around 3 pm yesterday (11th), the police received a report from a staff member of a telecommunications company "China Mobile Hong Kong" at 54-58 Des Voeux Road Central, alleging that a female staff member in the store was threatened with a knife.
The police rushed to the scene to quell the incident, and arrested a 72-year-old male customer involved in the incident; fortunately, the 33-year-old female employee who was accused of intimidation was not injured.
It is understood that before the incident, it was suspected that the old man involved took out his mobile phone and asked the staff to provide reset services.
Police said a fruit knife about 30 centimeters in size was found on the 72-year-old Huang's arrested person.
After a preliminary investigation, Huang Weng was arrested on suspicion of "possessing offensive weapons".
The case was handed over to the Central Police District Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up.