Ted Hui offers reward over police bike ramming

Ted Hui offers reward over police bike ramming

Democratic Party lawmaker Ted Hui has offered a reward of HK$200,000 for whoever can provide him with the identity of a police officer who repeatedly drove a motorcycle into a crowd of protesters last year.



Some of the protesters were knocked down and injured in the incident on Hing Fong Road in Kwai Fong on November 11, and Hui said he hopes to secure a conviction against the motorbike cop.



Police initially said they had suspended the officer in question from frontline duties. But the force later said the officer was back on duty and had been given a "reprimand".



Hui said in a post on social media that this is the latest case against the police he intends to pursue using money raised through crowdfunding.



He attached a number of conditions for obtaining the reward, including that the full name of the officer involved in the incident be provided, and that the person providing the tip-off be willing to give their own name and sign a sworn statement.



A WhatsApp number was given as a reporting "hotline".



Hui had earlier announced that he is bringing a private prosecution against an officer who shot a student in the abdomen with live ammunition in Sai Wan Ho last November. The lawmaker is accusing the policeman of either attempted murder, or shooting with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.



Another private prosecution he has initiated is against a taxi driver whose vehicle ploughed into a group of protesters in Sham Shui Po last October.