Ex-leader C.Y. Leung to blame for policeman being hit by sandwich I threw, Hong Kong activist says after failing to halt assault trial
League of Social Democrats chief Avery Ng tells court former chief executive ducked instead of catching the snack
A democracy activist who threw a tuna sandwich in the direction of Leung Chun-ying blamed the former Hong Kong leader on Thursday for a nearby police officer being hit by the pungent snack.
The claim by Avery Ng Man-yuen came after the 40 year old failed to persuade a court to halt a common assault case against him over the incident on the grounds it was an unfair trial.
Ng surprised West Kowloon Court on Thursday by applying for a permanent stay of proceedings just before the relevant parties in the case were scheduled to deliver their closing submissions.
Ng, chairman of political party the League of Social Democrats, said he was being tried unfairly because Leung had refused to cooperate with his defence team before testifying last week.
Ng was tried on one count of common assault alleging he hurled a sandwich at police officer Lau Wing-kwan, who was accompanying Leung outside a polling station in Central during elections for Hong Kong’s legislature on September 4 last year.
