#LegCo #Melee
Pro-democracy Lawmakers Assaulted by Beijing loyalists and LegCo's Security Guards

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The Legislative Council's (LegCo) controversial House Committee meeting on May 18 turned into an assault of the pro-democracy lawmakers.

Since Beijing had openly condemned the pro-democracy camp for filibustering, the Beijing loyalists became nit just verbally but physically aggressive towards the opposition camp to "speed up" the meeting procedure.

In the latest meeting on May 18,
pro-democracy lawmaker Ted Hui was pushed and pinned to the floor by three members of the security staff. Beijing loyalist Chung-hung Luk shoved pro-democracy lawmaker Jeremy Tam and snatched the black cloth the democratic front used as a protest prop.

Chan Kin-por, the committee moderator endorsed by the pro-Beijing camp, repeatedly accused the opposition lawmakers of "violating the law" and warned that they can be sentenced to 12 months in jail for "clashing with the security guards".

Meanwhile, Chan ordered the security guards to remove Tanya Chan, Ted Hui, Chu Hoi-dick, Roy Kwong, Wan Siu-kin from the chamber. The security guards treated pro-democracy lawmakers violently: Chu, Hui and Lam Cheuk-ting were elbowed; Chu and Hui were each carried away by at least 5 guards and Chu's arms were even bent in the process.

After forcefully expelling the democratic front, Beijing loyalist Chan Kin-por immediately initiated the election process of the committee's chairperson and Beijing loyalist Starry Lee of DAB "won" with 40: 0.

Ted Hui later revealed on Facebook that his chest wall was injured according to a check up at Canossa Hospital. Hui pointed out that many former policemen worked as security guards in the LegCo and that the security team has used "excessive" and "police-style force" to subdue pro-democracy lawmakers.

Source: InMedia; RTHK #May18