[kellyhound]

Hong Kong Legislative Council Member Lam Cheuk Ting (林卓廷) on Tuesday (Aug. 20) revealed video evidence of two Hong Kong police officers abusing an arrested elderly man in North District Hospital.

According to Lam, a male Hong Konger of at least 60 years of age was tortured by two uniformed police officers in a separate ward of North District Hospital on June 25. The citizen was arrested for “assault on police” after he had become drunk and engaged in a quarrel.

The video clip shows the two police officers repeatedly slapping the man, pressing on his eyes, bending his wrist and fingers, etc. One officer even removed the citizen’s trousers and underwear, prodding his groin with a baton.

During the conference, a family member of the abused citizen claimed the man was so frightened that he lost control of his bladder. The police then removed the wet clothes and covered his face with them, telling him to "drink your own piss.”

Humiliated, the abused citizen apparently tried to commit suicide by bashing his head against the gurney but he was stopped by the police. Council Member Lam condemned the officers for having committed “torture," going on to say he worried that this was not an isolated case.

Last week, Chan Ho-tin (陳浩天), convener of the Hong Kong National Party, accused the police of not only refusing to allow two arrested protesters to meet with lawyers or family members but also denying them with drinking water for more than five hours.

Chan added that the police eventually handed them some water, but it had a foul, salty taste and they suspected it came from a toilet.
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Two Hong Kong police officers who were recorded torturing an arrested man in a hospital were taken into custody on Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 20) after the video went public that morning, the Stand News reports.

In a conference held Tuesday morning, Legislative Council Member Lam Cheuk Ting (林卓廷) and the sons of the victim revealed footage of the abuse that had been caught on surveillance camera.

The Hong Kong police responded that afternoon at their daily conference that such acts of violence would not be tolerated, though they claimed they could not have taken action earlier because they “did not know there was a surveillance camera in the ward."

The two officers in the video were arrested for “assault occasioning actual bodily harm soon after." Later that evening, another officer was arrested for “conspiracy to assault.”

According to Lam, the sons of the tortured citizen did not accept the police's excuse, as they had told law enforcement about the surveillance camera when they filed the complaint in June. They said they believe the police have attempted to harbor the offenders.

Lam further questioned if the police would actually have arrested the suspects if it were not for the video evidence being made public, expressing concern that other, similar cases had become “stones sinking into the ocean.”

Lam also condemned the police for merely charging the officers with “assault," instead of “torture,” to tone down the incident, saying “ The police pretend to be civilized in front of cameras but behave like gangsters when there is no one looking."

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Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

According to Lam, a male Hong Konger of at least 60 years of age was tortured by two uniformed police officers in a separate ward of North District Hospital on June 25.

They tortured his Hong Konger donger.

Sorry, really isn’t a laughing matter. Kind of feel sorry for the guy. But as usual, I couldn’t help myself.

[Oswald2001]

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