Suspect who attacked HK lawmaker charged with attempted murder without bail

14:13, November 08, 2019

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  Sketch: HK lawmaker stabbed in chest

  Hong Kong lawmaker Junius Ho Kwan-yiu was stabbed in the left side of his chest during an election campaign event by a man who pretended to present him a bouquet in Tuen Mun. He was sent to a hospital and is fortunately not in a life-threatening condition. The attacker was arrested and an investigation is underway.The sketch below shows the wound.

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  Students escape HK rioters' attacks

  Many Chinese mainland students at universities in Hong Kong have "fled" to neighboring Shenzhen or returned home, after rioters targeted major campuses amid the escalation of violent protests.Rioters set fire to items at the Chinese University of Hong Kong subway station on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)The students－some of them 19 and in their first year in the city－told China Daily on Wednesday that they feared the rioters reckless assaults and bullying against people from the Chinese mainland.During a forum between students and the president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, a group of masked protesters attacked a PhD student, surnamed Zheng, from the Chinese mainland.Similar violence was reported at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.Since Monday, rioters have been vandalizing facilities and setting fires at major universities across the city. They brutally attacked people with different views in or outside the campus, with one victim being set on fire.The violence escalated on Tuesday night. Rioters at CUHK hurled heavy objects and gasoline bombs from a footbridge outside the campus onto the Tolo Highway, a main thoroughfare in the New Territories, jeopardizing the safety of motorists and commuters.The protesters clashed with the police, set fires and vandalized facilities in the nearby subway station. The violence forced the closure of the station and subsequently isolated the campus by cutting off transportation links for the students.Various organizations from Hong Kong and neighboring Shenzhen helped the students, arranging buses and private cars to help transfer those affected across to the Chinese mainland. Some youth hostels in Shenzhen also offered free accommodation for the students.Alice Lu, a masters program student at Hong Kong Baptist University, left the city through high-speed rail on Wednesday. Lu said her classes had been suspended for three days amid the chaos and she felt that her personal safety was threaten...

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  HKSAR chief executive condemns knife attack against Hong Kong lawmaker

  (Photo: social media)HONG KONG, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam condemned the knife attack against a Hong Kong lawmaker on Wednesday, stressing that the society should never tolerate any violence.Lam said she believed Junius Ho, an HKSAR lawmaker running for the re-election in district council of Tuen Mun, was attacked as a district council election candidate during his campaign. Lam sent her regards to him, hoping him to recover soon, according to the HKSAR government.Ho was stabbed in the left side of his chest by a male in his election campaign event near Richland Garden, Tuen Mun, on Wednesday morning. He was sent to a hospital and fortunately not in a life-threatening condition.Two of Hos colleagues sustained injuries in hands and arms.Lam said she feared that the escalating violence in Hong Kong during the past months would be infectious and that some people are becoming more tolerant of violent behaviors.But no act of violence should be tolerated in any civilized societies, which should rather be condemned by the whole community, she said.Lam also said she noticed that because the attack against Ho took place during the district council election campaign, some political groups in Hong Kong are now concerned if some people have intentions or have planned to sabotage the election.The chief executive stressed that the HKSAR government will, like always, work to hold a fair, just and safe election and the whole society must jointly condemn any actions sabotaging the election, especially the violent ones.