Hong Kong protests: Jobless man jailed 14½ years for biting ear of ex-politician, slashing another victim and assaulting two others


A jobless man has been jailed for 14½ years for biting off a former politician’s outer ear, slashing another person in the stomach and assaulting two others during Hong Kong’s social unrest in 2019.

Joe Chen, 52, returned to the High Court on Tuesday to be sentenced on three counts of wounding with intent and one of common assault. The incidents were committed outside Cityplaza mall in Quarry Bay on November 3 that year.

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