A former Hong Kong lawmaker was convicted on Monday of using a loudhailer to assault police officers during huge pro-democracy protests that ...
HONG KONG: A former Hong Kong lawmaker was convicted on Monday of using a loudhailer to assault police officers during huge protests that convulsed the finance hub last year.
Some 7,000 people were arrested, many of them youngsters, in the near-daily clashes between riot police and protesters. The court heard that Au, who was demanding to meet the local police commander during a dispersal operation, caused acute hearing impairment to one police officer by shouting through the loud hailer.He was also convicted of striking another police officer's shield with the speaker.
As city leaders dug their heels in the movement snowballed into the most concerted popular revolt against Beijing's rule since the city's 1997 handover.
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