{"id":48528,"date":"2015-08-04T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=48528 "},"modified":"2015-08-04T20:12:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T20:12:00","slug":"48528-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=48528","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong protest over \\’breast as weapon\\’ conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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 From the section China<\/div>
Protester wearing fake breasts in Wan Chai, Hong Kong (2 Aug 2015)<\/div>
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The Breast Walk protesters said they were highlighting the “ridiculous” nature of the conviction<\/div>
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Dozens of bra-wearing men and women have protested in Hong Kong after a woman was jailed for assaulting a senior policeman with her breast.<\/div>
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Ng Lai-ying, 30, had accused Chief Inspector Chan Ka-po of touching her breast during a protest in March.<\/div>
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But the court had ruled against her, saying she deliberately pushed her breast against him so she could accuse him of assault.<\/div>
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She was sentenced on Thursday to three months and 15 days in prison.<\/div>
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About 200 people joined the Breast Walk protest outside police headquarters in Wan Chai on Sunday – either wearing exposed bras or waving them – saying that a breast was “not a weapon”.<\/div>
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Ng had been taking part in a protest in Yuen Long against Chinese mainlanders visiting Hong Kong to buy cheaper and better quality produce, a long-running controversial subject in the territory.<\/div>
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She said that during scuffles with police, Chief Inspector Chan had tried to grab her bag, but his hand had landed on her breast.<\/div>
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She accused him of indecent assault, but he in turn accused her of using her breast to assault him.<\/div>
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The Tuen Mun court found her guilty in July, with magistrate Michael Chan Pik-kiu saying she had tried to damage the policeman’s reputation.<\/div>
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She had used “her female identity to trump up the allegation that the officer had molested” her, the South China Morning Post quoted him as saying.<\/div>
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At her sentencing on Thursday, Mr Chan said that if he did not “hand down a deterring sentence, the public might mistakenly think it is a trivial matter to assault police officers during protests”.<\/div>
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The magistrate has also said he received personal threats after the verdict.<\/div>
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Those protesting on Sunday said the ruling was “ridiculous”.<\/div>
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Retired teacher James Hon, who noted it was his first time wearing a bra, told AFP news agency: “We have come to this rather odd method to tell the world how ridiculous it is.”<\/div>
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“The ruling is absurd. How can breasts be a weapon?” said activist Ng Cheuk-ling, saying she feared it would deter women from taking part in political protest.<\/div>
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“Police must review their guidelines to handle female protesters,” she told AFP.<\/div>
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Another man told the Post: “The way I dress today looks quite ugly as a male, but it is not as ugly as the judgment, which is like pointing at a deer and calling it a horse.”<\/div>
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The Post said the protest was illegal, but those taking part left peacefully before handing over a petition.<\/div>
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