Yin Zhaojian accused police of deliberately injuring reporters during the conflict in Mong Kok

Political situation

Written by: Zhou Lixi

2020-05-20 15:05

On Mother ’s Day on the 10th of this month, conflict between the police and the public broke out again in Mong Kok. The Democratic Party Yin Zhaojian held a press conference today (20th), pointing out that there were many acts of riot police suspected of improperly treating reporters and first responders on the scene that night. The police were accused at the press conference.

Democratic Party Tsuen Wan District Council Member Yi Chengcong pointed out that many parties not involved in the conflict, including online reporters, volunteer first-aiders and pastors, accused the on-site police officers of arbitrarily arresting the citizens at the scene; The enforcement standards for personnel vary. Yin Zhao, a member of the Democratic Legislative Council, urged the Commissioner of Police, Deng Bingqiang, to seriously investigate the incident and punish the relevant police officers.

The arrested net reporter said that the police officer grabbed her camera in the public toilet and pressed her to the ground, causing her to lose consciousness. (Photo by Yu Junliang)

Female reporter said she was incontinent after being grabbed by the police and pressed to the ground

A female reporter named "Yingbin", a pseudonym KY, said that because of her physical needs that night, she went to the Ladies Street Lavatory and found that there were riot police officers in the toilet. She was tying the slings for the two girls and immediately filmed on the machine. However, the police officer stepped forward and took her camera and pushed it to the wall to claim that she had broken the law. Later, several riot reinforcements and dragged her into the toilet, forcibly overwhelming the ground, and she was incontinent because of the pressure during her period.

KY said that at that time, a male riot police officer kept calling her "scarlet, black note", and sprayed with pepper spray many times and kept spraying the face and knees to press the neck. lose consciousness. Later, she was asked to clean, and she was allowed to do so after repeated requests. She was asked to thank her during the cleaning process. Then she used a fan to blow the wet reporter, saying that she wanted to "cool down" the reporter. "Poor behavior in public places" arrest.

Democratic Congressman Yin Zhaojian (left) questioned that the police deliberately harmed journalists during the conflict in Mong Kok. (Photo by Yu Junliang)

A volunteer first-aid with a pseudonym AC said that he witnessed a riot police officer in Mong Kok that night was suspected of being shot by pepper spray. After asking if the police officer needed assistance, he was refused. The spray was wounded, so he asked the riot police officers on the spot if he could clean the pepper spray for the passers-by on the blockade line, but after being allowed to enter to assist the rescue for about half an hour, he was suddenly exposed by another riot police officer with a strong photoelectric flashlight After being abused loudly, he was later accused of participating in an illegal assembly and released on bail after 17 hours of detention.

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Yi Chengcong said at a press conference this morning that the indiscriminate charges by the police became more and more serious after the government implemented the "restriction order". He pointed out that the police must rely on a calm mind, understanding of the law and common sense judgment to correctly enforce the law. However, he believes that recent incidents have made him suspect that the police will lose their reason and judgment in conflict situations.

Democratic Party Member Yin Zhaojian questioned that the repeated use of force by frontline police officers on duty on duty is completely unnecessary and obviously illegal and illegal. The acts of police officers involved may constitute a "crime of torture". He also criticized the police force for undermining press freedom and strongly condemned the police force.

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