Ousted lawmaker ‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung stabbed while protesting outside Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong
- An elderly man was arrested after the assault, which came during a protest over statements by the office aimed at opposition lawmaker Dennis Kwok
- Leung was later released from hospital after treatment for what his party chairman said were minor injuries
Disqualified legislator “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung was injured in an attack as he protested outside Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong on Thursday.
Police arrested an elderly man at the scene in connection with the attack, which happened on Connaught Road West in Sai Ying Pun shortly before 3pm.
A police spokeswoman said Leung was attacked with a sharp object and injured in the waist.
He was subsequently taken to Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam for treatment and later discharged.
Officers arrested an 81-year-old male retiree at the scene. In a video recorded as he was taken away, the man can be heard saying: “[Leung] is a bad guy, why meddle with the liaison office? I’m Chinese!”
Leung was among about a dozen people on Thursday protesting statements the liaison office made last week attacking opposition lawmaker Dennis Kwok.
