Hong Kong protests: 2 merchants first to plead guilty to rioting over Yuen Long MTR attack
February 23, 2021 Men armed with wooden sticks and metal poles attacked protesters and MTR passengers on the night of July 21, 2019. Reuters Two merchants have become the first to plead guilty to rioting charges over one of the most shocking outbreaks of violence during Hong Kong’s months of anti-government protests in 2019. The District Court case centred on the Tuesday (July 21) mob attack at Yuen Long MTR station, in which a group of men dressed in white T-shirts and armed with wooden sticks and metal poles injured 45 civilians and protesters. On Monday, Lam Koon Leung, 49, and Lam Kai M...
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