Hong Kong court orders ex-protester who broke police officer’s finger to pay HK$150,000 in damages

Hong Kong court orders ex-protester who broke police officer’s finger to pay HK$150,000 in damages

A Hong Kong court has ordered a former protester to pay a police officer more than HK$150,000 in damages for breaking the officer’s finger during a demonstration in 2019. To Kai-wa. File photo: Supplied. In a Monday judgment, District Judge Phillis Loh ordered To Kai-wa to pay police officer Leung Tsz-kin HK$152,000 in damages after rejecting his argument that the officer did not have the appropriate gear on. The defendant’s argument that the of…