Hong Kong police arrest man suspected of assaulting senior superintendent while officer was jogging
- Suspect punched Senior Superintendent Thomas Yu before fleeing, according to source familiar with case
- Yu and his colleagues subdued the man after 500-metre pursuit, insider adds
Hong Kong police arrested a man on suspicion of assaulting a senior superintendent while the officer was jogging during his lunch break on Wednesday.
Senior Superintendent Thomas Yu Wai-leung, who heads the Kowloon East traffic unit, was out for a run on Prince Edward Road East in Choi Hung when he encountered the man.
Yu ran past the man in his 40s while under a footbridge opposite the housing estate Rhythm Garden at about 1.45pm, according to a source familiar with the case.
“At that moment, there was no physical contact or eye contact between the two individuals,” the insider said.
“Suddenly, the man punched Yu and ran onto Concorde Road, fleeing towards the direction of Kowloon Bay.”
He said the senior superintendent suffered facial injuries. Yu made an emergency call to police and gave chase.
After a 500-metre (546-yard) pursuit, the suspect was subdued by Yu and his colleagues at the junction of Muk Hung Street and Shing Kai Road.
