Hong Kong Student Jailed For Stabbing Police Officer In Neck At Protest
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Hui Tim-lik, then 19, jabbed a boxcutter into the neck of a Hong Kong police officer during a protest in October 2019 -- at the peak of a pro-democracy movement rallying against China's authoritarian hold on the territory.
A Hong Kong judge sentenced a secondary school student on Monday to nearly eight years in prison for stabbing a police officer in the neck during the 2019 pro-democracy protests.
Hui Tim-lik, then 19, jabbed a boxcutter into the neck of a police officer during a protest in October 2019 -- at the peak of a pro-democracy movement rallying against China's authoritarian hold on the territory.
Now 21, Hui -- who was immediately arrested and has been detained ever since -- had initially been accused of attempted murder.
But after he pleaded guilty last week, the serious charge was dropped, and high court judge Andrew Chan instead sentenced Hui on Monday to seven years and nine months in prison with intent to wound as an alternative charge.
