Dozing off: Hong Kong lawmaker accused in C.Y. Leung glass-throwing case claims credit for witness falling asleep in Legco
Raymond Wong Yuk-man, who is conducting own defence in assault trial, produces montage of dozing pro-establishment lawmaker who, he suggests, ‘hated’ him for promoting sleep-inducing filibusters
A radical lawmaker accused of assaulting Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying suggested to a court on Wednesday he was the reason a pro-establishment legislator – alleged to be a close ally of the city’s leader – had frequently been seen dozing off in meetings.
Raymond Wong Yuk-man told Eastern Court that since he pioneered filibustering in Legislative Council meetings, Wong Ting-kwong, of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, had been caught asleep on camera by the media on at least 10 occasions.
The radical lawmaker, who denies one count of common assault on Leung, went on to suggest he was therefore despised by the DAB lawmaker, who called the police on him and testified as a prosecution witness on Wednesday.
“So you hated me?” the accused asked the witness under cross-examination. Conducting his own defence, he produced a photo montage of the witness caught napping. But Wong Ting-kwong denied the assertion.
Raymond Wong, 64, is accused of throwing a glass in Leung’s direction during a question-and-answer session at Legco on July 3, 2014.
The chief executive last week told the trial he was in shock when the glass shattered behind him. He told he court he also made a report about the incident.
Yesterday, witness Wong explained the circumstances behind the first time he was spotted dozing off in a meeting.
