Man subdued and arrested at Mong Kok street booth

A man was pinned down and arrested by police officers on Soy Street in Mong Kok yesterday, after police patrolled street booths set up by student group Student Localism and the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance.

At around 5pm, police blocked off a section of Soy Street, where the two groups set up street booths calling for the boycott of the government’s contact tracing app “LeaveHomeSafe” and voicing support for the dozens of opposition lawmakers charged with violating the national security law.

Police said the man, aged 29 years, refused to comply with officers asking him to leave and keep on yelling and chanting protest slogans. He allegedly struck a male officer to his hand and chest while attempting to flee the scene when officers tried to write him a warning of violating the social distancing measures.

The man was arrested on suspected charges of disorderly conduct in a public place, resisting arrest and attacking an officer. He was detained overnight and was yet to be released as of today morning.

The convener of Student Politicism, Wong Yat-chin, said he does not know the man and that he is not a member of the two activist groups.