A medical report said the injuries found on activist Ken Tsang in 2014 matched a police-issued baton.
The findings were read out at District Court today at the trial of seven police officers who allegedly beat Tsang during the 2014 Occupy Central protests. The prosecution alleged that Tsang was assaulted with a “blunt instrument”, on top of being punched and kicked.
A medical examination found that 15 bruises found on Tsang’s back were “completely congruent” with a retractable PPCT phoenix baton issued to Hong Kong police officers, The Stand News reports.
Photos of Tsang’s injuries were shared on social media by his political party during the protests.
Prosecutor David Marash SC told the District Court that Tsang was dragged by the officers on trial to a dark corner near Lung Wo Road on Oct. 15, 2014, where he was assaulted for four minutes, SCMP reports.
“The only evasive act he was able to take was to curl into a ball,” Marash said.
Chief inspector Wong Cho-shing, senior inspector Lau Cheuk-ngai, detective sergeant Pak Wing-bun, and constables Lau Hing-pui, Chan Siu-tan, Kwan Ka-ho, and Wong Wai-ho have all denied one joint count of causing grievous bodily harm with intent against Tsang.
They have been accused of “unlawfully and maliciously” attacking the 40-year-old social worker while he was handcuffed.
Chan, aged 31, has also denied one charge of common assault for allegedly assaulting Tsang in a police station interview room on a separate occasion.
Earlier in the trial, the defence objected to prosecutors’ attempts to submit news footage from local media outlets, arguing that the clips had been doctored. Following 17 days of deliberation, Judge David Dufton deemed the footage admissible in court.
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