Student also accused of slapping and kicking the shin of a second officer during Occupy protest
CHRIS LAUchris.lau@scmp.com
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 05 August, 2015, 10:37pm
UPDATED : Wednesday, 05 August, 2015, 10:37pm
Leung Kwok-hung (left) offered support to Yeung.Photo: Dickson Lee
A volunteer from pro-democracy political group Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre caused a police officer to suffer an "unnaturally bent" finger in a struggle during last year's Occupy protest in Admiralty, Eastern Court heard on Wednesday.
Police constable Chan Man-chun, describing the moment he took out "plastic handcuffs" to restrain Yeung Ho-yin, said the university student yanked his left middle finger.
"On a scale of one to 10, with 10 being most painful, mine reached eight," said Chan, who had difficulties putting on a glove yesterday, something he told the court he has been unable to do since the alleged attack on November 30.
Yeung, 20, has denied one count of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Chan and two others of assaulting another police officer, Cheung Kwun-man. Earlier in the day, he had received support from lawmaker "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung.
Cheung alleged Yeung slapped him, then kicked him on the shin on the same night, on Lung Wo Road.
The court heard both officers were deployed to the scene charged with the task of barring more than 2,000 Occupy protesters from rushing onto the road.
Cheung said the defendant slapped him as he was forming a police cordon with his colleague. He said he subdued Yeung by sitting on him, but the student continued to struggle after his arrest and kicked Cheung in the shin, which was later found to be bleeding.
"It was as if I got kicked in a soccer game," he recalled, stressing he was granted eight days of medical leave.
The alleged attack on Chan took place as he went over to help. Chan said he had to take Yeung to a quieter place before he could check his injury because the scene was too chaotic.
When he took off his glove, "the middle finger on my left hand was reddened, bruised and bent unnaturally", Chan said.
In cross-examination, defence lawyer Joe Chan put it to Cheung that his client had neither slapped nor kicked him, to which the policeman disagreed.
Chan also suggested his client was arrested after he had questioned how the policemen at the scene had time to flirt with girls even though they were on duty.
After Yeung made his inquiry, a policeman shouted "you attacked police" before the student was arrested, the defence lawyer added.
The case continues today.
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