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Denise Tsang

Hong Kong police have hit out at a 36-year-old suspect who allegedly stabbed an off-duty officer repeatedly in his neck, hands and legs in an attempt to steal his wallet.
The force revealed details of the case on Sunday after arresting the man the day before on suspicion of robbing and assaulting the off-duty officer outside No 348 Nathan Road in Yau Ma Tei.
Senior Inspector So Man-ho of the Yau Tsim Mong district crime squad said the suspect had tried to rob the policeman in the early hours of Saturday, using a sharp object to stab him multiple times.
The assault, which occurred around 2am, continued even after the victim revealed himself to be a law enforcement officer, with bystanders screaming in vain for the assailant to stop.
So said the pair became entangled in a scuffle and the officer was unable to subdue his attacker.
A source said the off-duty officer, 39, had been walking alone towards Mong Kok after eating dinner on Knutsford Terrace in Tsim Sha Tsui.
According to one of several video clips circulating online, a passer-by is heard shouting for the attacker to stop stabbing the officer, saying: “Don’t do that, or he will die.”
But the suspect continued stabbing the policeman’s hand.
In the clip, the attacker appeared to be wielding a short knife. The victim’s trousers were also seen heavily stained with blood.
So said the suspect paid no attention to the warnings from passers-by and their filming of the incident.
“The suspect ended up failing [in] his attempt to rob the off-duty officer and fled,” So said. “The officer lost no valuables but his neck, hands and legs were injured.”

The victim sought medical treatment at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei and was discharged on the same day.
So said that after an analysis of intelligence and a review of surveillance camera footage, police arrested a non-Chinese man at his home in Hung Hom on Saturday afternoon.
The suspect, a holder of a recognisance form or “going-out pass” issued by the Immigration Department, was detained for investigation.
“The suspect chose the wee hours of the day, when people were off guard and tired, to commit [his] crime,” So said.
“Such a case is not common in Hong Kong, but it is a very serious offence and the police will have zero tolerance [of it].”
So added that the maximum punishment for robbery was life imprisonment.
The incident is the second assault case on an off-duty disciplinary force officer in two days.
A correctional services officer suffered a bone fracture after a gang allegedly attacked him outside Pik Uk Prison in Sai Kung on Friday as he left the prison. Eight suspects, with a triad background, were arrested over the assault.
Commissioner of Correctional Services Wong Kwok-hing on Sunday condemned the violent assault during a hospital visit to see the injured employee, also confirming the officer was in a stable condition.
In the first half of this year, police statistics showed the number of thefts including snatching, rose by 437 cases or 3.9 per cent to 11,529 from the same period last year.


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Alleged attacker, 36, accosts officer on Nathan Road around 2am on Saturday, stabs him repeatedly and is later arrested on same day


Alleged attacker, 36, accosts officer on Nathan Road around 2am on Saturday, stabs him repeatedly and is later arrested on same day.


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