FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong pro-democracy singer Denise Ho performs at a free concert after Lancome, the face-cream company owned by French cosmetics giant L'Oreal, cancelled a concert featuring Ho, in Hong Kong, China June 19, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Hong Kong singer and activist Denise Ho was attacked on Sunday by a masked man who threw red paint at her at a rally in Taiwan held in support of anti-government protests in Hong Kong.
Ho, who earlier this month urged members of the U.S. Congress to pass legislation to combat human rights abuses in Hong Kong, was talking to reporters at the Taipei rally when the man ran up to her and poured red paint over her head.
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