Video | Hong Kong policeman punched nine times in Chungking Mansions attack caught on CCTV
A vicious attack in which a policeman was punched repeatedly in the face and head was captured by CCTV in Tsim Sha Tsui on Tuesday.
WATCH: Hong Kong policeman punched in Chungking Mansions
A vicious attack in which a policeman was punched repeatedly in the face and head was captured by CCTV in Tsim Sha Tsui on Tuesday.
The officer was struck nine times before the attacker was subdued by his partner and a passerby in Chungking Mansions – a high-rise warren of cheap guest houses and South Asian restaurants – on Nathan Road.
The constable, who is attached to the patrol sub-unit of Tsim Sha Tsui police station, was on patrol with his partner in the building when the incident happened shortly after 10.15am.
When the officer noticed a dispute at a money exchange shop on the ground floor of the building, he went to investigate, according to a police spokeswoman.
A video clip shows the officer approached a man wearing a green and black jacket – later identified by police as a 35-year-old Hong Kong identity card holder – when he banged the shop’s glass security screen.
