Hong Kong protests: man, 64, found guilty of rioting and wounding in Yuen Long attack


A 64-year-old man was found guilty of rioting and wounding people in a case this week for his role in an indiscriminate attack on demonstrators and train passengers in one of the most divisive chapters of the 2019 anti-government protests.

A deputy judge at West Kowloon Court convicted Ching Wai-ming based on prosecutors’ identification of him among a white-clad group of men wielding iron poles and rattan sticks at Yuen Long MTR station between July 21 and 22, that year.

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