Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho Kwan-yiu, loathed by anti-government protesters, is captured on video being attacked in Richland Garden, in Wu Chui Road, at 8:44am today. Previous Next

Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho Kwan-yiu has been stabbed while he was campaigning for the upcoming District Council election in Tuen Mun at about 8:45am today, RTHK reports.

In a video circulating online, the attacker talked to Ho and gave him a bunch of flowers before the incident near Richland Garden on Wu Chui Road.

Ho and his aides quickly subdued the man who could be heard shouting in Cantonese: "Junius Ho, you scum!"

The suspect asked if he could take a photo with the lawmaker, then took something which appeared to be a knife from his bag and stabbed at the lawmaker in his chest.

But he was quickly subdued by Ho and a few people nearby.

The man kept shouting abuses at Ho, calling him “human scum” and accusing him of orchestrating the attack at Yuen Long MTR station on July 21, where dozens of people were beaten up by a group of men in white clothes.

Paramedics arrived at the scene and treated Ho before taking him to Tuen Mun Hospital.

Junius Ho is running for a seat at the Lok Chui constituency in Tuen Mun in the upcoming District Council election, competing with Lo Chun-yu from the Democratic Party and Chiang Ching-man who didn’t declare any political affiliation.-RTHK/AFP. Photos: Sing Tao