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Hong Kong doctor sues police chief for HK$6.7 million over allegation tear gas canisters caused fire at home and medical practice
- Medical specialist alleges ‘misfiring of two tear gas submunitions’ caused blaze at two units in Tsim Sha Tsui on November 18, 2019
- Police fired 3,293 tear gas rounds during the day as part of operations against protesters at Polytechnic University, surrounding area
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A doctor has sued the Hong Kong police chief for more than HK$6.7 million (US$859,044) over a fire at his residence and office that was allegedly caused by tear gas deployed during the 2019 social unrest.
In a writ filed against the commissioner of police, Kenneth Leung Kam-chung said an officer’s “misfiring of two tear gas submunitions” had caused a blaze at two units on the first floor of Windsor Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui on the morning of November 18, 2019.
“As a result of negligence of this policeman, the premises were severely and seriously damaged by the above-mentioned fire outbreak,” Leung’s lawyers wrote in the High Court claim.
The residential building mentioned in the case was located one block away from Polytechnic University in Hung Hom, which had become a major battleground between anti-government protesters and police during that week.
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