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Hong Kong news reporter takes police chief to court over alleged assault by officers during Mong Kok riot
- Lincoln Tang says officers dragged him off a bus, pushed him to the ground, kicked and then beat him with batons
- Complaints Against Police Office previously judged his case to be inconclusive and not pursuable
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A Hong Kong news reporter is pursuing a legal claim against the city’s police chief over an alleged assault on him by officers while covering the Mong Kok riot three years ago.
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Lincoln Tang Lik-hang, formerly with Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao Daily, said police officers dragged him off a bus from where he was observing events, pushed him to the ground, kicked and then beat him with batons, even after he told them he was a journalist.
Tang lodged a report with the force’s internal Complaints Against Police Office (CAPO), but his case was thrown out last July after a 2½-year investigation judged his complaints to be “inconclusive” and “not pursuable”, despite media footage of the alleged attack on February 9, 2016.
The force’s watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC), agreed with CAPO’s findings.
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In a statement on Sunday, Tang said he would be submitting personal injury claims as the three-year time limit to commence such legal proceedings was coming up. He applied for legal aid last week.
“The incident is now almost three years old. I am very disappointed that the police investigation has failed to deliver me justice,” he said.
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