28th June 2019 – (Hong Kong) Police quashed the rumour of an officer who intentionally incited the protestors to barge into the Police Headquarters on 26th June (Read here) .

Several local TV stations such as Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and I-Cable News recorded the incident live in full on 26th but we found VIU TV purportedly edited out the scenes which show the police officer being attacked by protestors. There were also several news reports on social media which omitted the assault scenes to portray the officer as a protestor in disguise.

In the original unedited videos captured by RTHK and I-Cable News, you can see that the protestors began to follow the plain clothes police officer towards the Wan Chai Police headquarters. Protestors first intimidated him by pushing him before one of them kicked him while he was walking.

Police officer was pushed in the beginning.

One protestor kicked the police officer. Picture credit : TVB video.

Another protestor then attempted to throw a crowd control barrier at him but missed. He proceeded to walk faster but a few protestors began to get close to him and some started to punch and assault him. During the scuffle, the police officer pushed a female protestor to the ground after a few protestors tried to drag and grab him.

Some protestors alleged that the plain clothes officer was taking photos of them before they suspected his identity. However, there was no confirmation on the actual reason why he was being followed. Regardless, this still gave no right to the protestors to mob him and made the first attack by pushing and kicking him.

A protestor caught punching the police officer in the face. Picture credit : am730

The police officer managed to break free and lurched forward before being mobbed by protestors again. This time, you can see in the video that he was pushed and assaulted several times before he broke free from the commotion and ran up the staircase.

While we condemn police brutality and the use of excessive force against protestors on 12th June, we also take issue with several protestors who assaulted the police officer and unscrupulous parties who twisted the facts to their advantage. Most Hong Kongers are already biased towards police officers after police brutality was detected during the 12th June but each case should be viewed impartially.

Protestors should express their opinion in a peaceful and rational manner instead of resorting to violence.

Protestor attempted to throw a crowd control barrier at the police officer.

Several protestors surrounded the police officer to assault him.







The police officer was again attacked near the staircase.

The police officer was holding a traffic cone and window wiper to defend himself.





Full unedited video by RTHK.

Unedited video by RTHK on I-Cable News.





If you watch the first edited video by VIUTV in the compilation below, you will most likely assume that the police officer did disguise as a protestor to lure them into the police headquarters. Meanwhile, in subsequent videos by other TV channels including TVB, you can clearly see that protestors first started to drag and push him. One of them kicked him while he was walking.