A former teacher found guilty of assaulting a police officer during the 2019 protests was detained in a psychiatric hospital ahead of sentencing.A Hong Kong magistrate will be “strongly advised” to reflect on her handling of cases after she committed “a serious error” by detaining a former teacher found guilty of assaulting a police officer during the 2019 protests in a psychiatric hospital ahead of sentencing, the judiciary has revealed.
Ng found Yeung guilty of kicking Sergeant Chung Wang Yip when the officer pulled him over at an elevated roundabout in Sheung Shui during a citywide strike on Nov 11, 2019. Yeung had denied the assault. He said police had attacked him and nearly thrown him off the bridge after he was subdued. The three-judge panel, comprising justices Thomas Au Hing Cheung, Wilson Chan Ka Shun and Alex Lee Wan Tang, found that Ng had been “led astray by her persistent but erroneous view” that the “ridiculous” defence advanced by Yeung must point to an underlying mental issue.
In one case, Magistrate Cheang Kei Hong was accused of bias against a student after convicting him of assaulting a mainland Chinese pupil during a chaotic forum at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in November 2019, by closing off sentencing options other than jail at a premature stage.
Patriotic judge?