HONG KONG: Unpopular Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying was set to take the stand Tuesday in an assault case against a legislator who threw a glass at him in parliament, the first time a sitting chief executive has ever testified in court.
Rival groups clashed outside ahead of the hearing in which pro-democracy and anti-China lawmaker Raymond Wong stands accused of common assault.
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