‘Somehow a glass was flung out,’ Legco security guard tells court at Hong Kong lawmaker’s assault trial

Radical lawmaker Wong Yuk-man challenged the submission of three pieces of media footage that purportedly captured his alleged assault on the city’s top official, after a security guard testified that he saw a glass flung while he manned CCTV cameras at the Legislative Council chamber.

Legco security assistant Lau Vai-kun told Eastern Court on Monday that he saw objects being thrown inside the meeting chamber while he was controlling the four live cameras.

“First there were some lawmakers who walked out while holding placards,” he told magistrate Chu Chung-keung.

“Then someone threw papers. I saw someone splash water, and somehow a glass [was] flung out,” he added.

But Wong, who conducted his own defence, pointed out that this was not mentioned in Lau’s statement.

The guard’s brief testimony came after Leung Chun-ying made history last week by becoming the first chief executive to take the witness stand in a criminal trial as he testified against Wong, who pleaded not guilty to one common assault charge.