Police are on the hunt for a suspect who splashed red paint outside the Hospital Authority building Sunday morning.
A security guard alerted police around 8am that the entrance of the department’s headquarters, located in Kowloon City, had been the target of a paint attack, according to i-Cable.
Officers arrived on the scene and reviewed CCTV footage, identifying a black-clad man wearing green shorts and sandals as a suspect. They also found an empty paint can at a nearby rubbish bin on Argyle Street.
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The Hospital Authority, which manages 43 public hospitals and institutions across the city, said it condemns destruction of public property and will cooperate with police investigation.
The case has been passed to the Kowloon City criminal investigation unit. Nobody has been arrested as of Monday noon.
