University of Hong Kong student leader flees city after bus stop attack left him fearing for his life
- Acting student union president Davin Kenneth Wong claims he was assaulted in Wan Chai by man wearing white T-shirt
- Wong says he and other prominent figures in anti-government protest movement were all attacked within space of 24 hours
A student leader at the University of Hong Kong who feared for his life has abruptly resigned from his post and fled the city after he said he was attacked by a man with rattan canes.
In his resignation letter on Thursday, Davin Kenneth Wong, the acting president of the university’s student union, said he was assaulted while waiting for a bus next to Southorn Playground in Wan Chai on August 30.
Wong said the man, who was about 1.75 metres tall, and wore a white T-shirt and cap, with a black face mask, hit him on his neck and his left shoulder.
While Wong tried to protect himself with his right hand, the man fled, but left him a scar on his right wrist.
Wong said he believed the attack was premeditated, and he said two other activists, including the Civil Human Rights Front convenor Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit, were also attacked within 24 hours of his assault.
The student leader said he had no choice but to leave Hong Kong when he and his family’s lives were in danger, and that it was a “one-way trip”.
