Demonstration over Fanling golf course turns violent after man attacks Hong Kong Labour Party member
Oscar Lo, 28, grabbed by throat and slammed to ground after crashing gate during demonstration calling for the course to be developed for housing
Tensions over the prospect of building houses on Hong Kong’s biggest golf course boiled over on Friday, as a protester who stormed the course’s gates was grabbed by the neck and thrown to the ground by an angry golfer.
Labour Party member Oscar Lo, 28, was left with red marks on his neck after the scuffle.
Lo, who was part of a small demonstration calling for the development of the course to boost housing supply, ran past security guards at the front gate before he was attacked. The assailant, surnamed Tong, was then dragged away by a security guard. The 57-year-old was later arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
About a dozen Labour Party members had set up at the front gate to support an option floated by the government to develop all or part of the course to ease the city’s housing shortage. The protest was just before a media event at 11am to announce the formation of the Hong Kong Alliance of Golfers. The alliance, backed by golf pros, coaches and local celebrities, aimed to drum up government support for the Fanling course.
