'Occupy' protester convicted on 3 counts

Political activist and Civic Party member Ken Tsang Kin-chiu was found guilty of one count of assaulting police officers and two counts of resisting arrest at Kowloon City Magistrates' Court on Thursday afternoon. The offenses were committed during the "Occupy Central" movement in 2014.

Magistrate Peter Law Tak-chuen said Tsang's actions at the scene appeared to be vicious. Tsang was accused of splashing liquid that smelled like urine on 11 police officers and resisting arrest by another four officers on Oct 15, 2014, as the police were clearing demonstrators from an underpass at Lung Wo Road in Admiralty.

Law said Tsang must have known clearly that a large number of police officers were lining up under the underpass. The act of intentionally pouring the liquid over the police officers amounts to assault, as the defendant undoubtedly showed hostility toward the officers while they were performing their duties, Law said.