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Hong Kong protests: I’ll never forget ‘pluck’ sound of my ear being bitten off by assailant, politician tells trial
- Ex-district councillor Andrew Chiu testifies against Joe Chen, 50, who is on trial for assaulting him and three others outside Cityplaza mall in November 2019
- Chiu said he had attempted to mediate after hearing shouts from mall’s western entrance that help was needed following an attack on two people
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A former district councillor on Wednesday told a Hong Kong court how a complete stranger bit off his ear with a “pluck” sound that he would remember for the rest of his life, after he tried to stop an argument during the 2019 social unrest.
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“I just wanted to help,” Andrew Chiu Ka-yin said. “Why was I attacked? How did our society become like this?”
Chiu was testifying against Joe Chen, 50, who is on trial for assaulting him and three others outside Cityplaza mall in Taikoo Shing on November 3, 2019.
The High Court heard Chiu, who was then a Democratic Party councillor for the Tai Koo Shing West constituency, had arrived at the mall at about 6.30pm after his assistant told him the crowds inside were upset by the presence of police on private premises.
When that situation had stabilised, Chiu said, he heard someone shouting from the western entrance that help was needed and jogged over, where he found an injured woman and man, with the latter covered in blood.
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