Lam Cheuk-ting Hands Over Evidence On Attackers

Democratic Party lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting said on Thursday that he has identified at least two of the people who attacked him when he was confronted by a group of pro-police supporters last Sunday.

Lam, who had sustained injuries to his abdomen and fingers during the incident, handed over the evidence and footage of the duo to the police for further investigation. He had lodged a report on the attack on the day itself.

The pan-democratic lawmaker said he was leaving Legco after a meeting when he ran into the group which was demonstrating in support of the police and praising them for upholding law and order in the city.

He said some protesters also threatened to throw him off the bridge leading to Tamar Park.

Lam said the attackers stabbed him in the abdomen with umbrellas, and threw water bottles at his head, knocking off his glasses at one point. One person also grabbed his hand and twisted his fingers.

The Democratic Party member also refuted claims that he and other pro-democracy lawmakers instigated the protesters who stormed Legco on July 1.

He said he and other opposition lawmakers had tried to stop the protesters from breaking the glass doors, even snatching steel rods away from their hands.