Rival Lawmakers Take Legco Spat To The Police

Rival camps in Legco have taken their battle over the controversial extradition law to another arena - by making reports to the police.

Neo-Democrats lawmaker Gary Fan went to the police on Monday, accusing DAB lawmakers Steven Ho and Holden Chow of assaulting him during a chaotic Legco meeting on Saturday.

Fan lost his balance and fell off a table, and then fainted. He was taken away on a stretcher and stayed in hospital overnight.

He said doctors said he suffered a minor head injury and he'll have to go back for a check up later.

Fan said he stood up on a table because he wanted to stop pro-Beijing lawmaker Abraham Shek from speaking through a microphone.

He said he was then pushed by others and that was when he fell.

Chow, meanwhile, strongly objected to the accusation. He said it was Fan who was ignoring the safety of others by "flying in mid-air" towards Shek to snatch his mic.

Chow also alleged that it's a malicious claim from Fan. The DAB councillor said he never pushed him and he reserved his right to take legal action.

Ho, meanwhile, said he would fully co-operate with any police investigation. He said it's not up to Fan to say whether it was a case of common assault. And if he's not found guilty, Ho said he wants an apology from Fan.

Meanwhile, pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho filed a complaint to the police accusing Democratic Party lawmaker James To of forging Legco documents.

Ho also alleged that To and the Civic Party's Dennis Kwok conspired to forge documents stating that Kwok had been elected as the deputy chair of Legco's extradition bills committee.

To, however, hit back by saying that Ho had filed a false report and wasted police resources.

The pan-dems have claimed that they had held a legitimate meeting to elect To as chair, something not recognised by pro-government lawmakers.