Hong Kong campaigner who organises protests against parallel trading and opposes extradition bill beaten by stick-wielding gang in Sha Tin
- A group of about four masked men set upon Leung Kam-shing, who runs concern group against tax-dodging practice
- Police are investigating attack, which victim believes could also be linked to his opposition to extradition bill
A vocal opponent of parallel trading who is also against Hong Kong’s controversial extradition bill said he was viciously attacked by a gang armed with wooden sticks in Sha Tin and warned to stop “stirring up trouble”.
Leung Kam-shing, convenor of the North District Parallel Imports Concern Group, was drinking alone on the Shing Mun River Promenade, near Star Seafood Floating Restaurant, when he was ambushed by up to four masked men at about 11pm on Sunday.
The stick-wielding men threw an unknown white powder on his head and beat him, mainly on the back, according to a police source.
The attackers, who were said to be Chinese nationals, had fled before police arrived.
Max Chung Kin-ping, an organiser of the extradition bill protest in Yuen Long on July 27, visited Leung at Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin on Sunday night.
