HK protester who set taxi on fire sent to jail
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A HONG Kong technician was jailed for four years and nine months yesterday for rioting and arson during protests last year, the harshest punishment yet over the unrest.
Yeung Ka-lun, 32, was pictured in news footage torching a taxi during the February 2016 unrest.
During clashes, police fired warning shots in the air, while some rioters hurled bricks torn from pavements, charged police lines with homemade shields and set rubbish on fire.
“The court must send a message that these acts cannot be tolerated,” said a judge at the Hong Kong court.
He said the protesters shared a goal to disrupt social order and had threatened public safety.
While Yeung had no previous criminal record, he was “extremely reckless” in setting fire to the car in a crowded urban area, the judge said.
Outside the court, a police spokesman said: “Police believe that the sentence has sufficiently reflected the seriousness and gravity of the offenses.”
Last month, three people were jailed for three years on riot charges for their role in the same protests.
The riot’s alleged ringleaders from the Hong Kong Indigenous group face trial next year.
Nine people including students, professors and lawmakers were separately accused of causing a public nuisance or inciting others to do so during mass rallies in 2014.
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