Government condemns attack on Hong Kong protest leader Jimmy Sham

Hong Kong’s No 2 official on Thursday condemned a bloody attack on a prominent protest leader as “totally unacceptable”, while the pro-democracy bloc slammed it as an attempt to intimidate citizens or even provoke clashes.

Sham had been making his way to the annual general meeting of the Civil Human Rights Front, the pro-democracy group he leads, when he was attacked for the second time in the past two months. The front, which is responsible for some of the largest peaceful marches in the city, was expected to discuss a protest in Kowloon on Sunday.

“I am sorry that I have made everyone worried. I will recover soon and continue to insist on our five demands and our beliefs in peaceful, rational and non-violent [protests],” Sham wrote, referring to the protesters’ calls which include an independent investigation into police actions during recent unrest and the implementation of universal suffrage.

“He asked Hongkongers not to take any actions as revenge against any particular groups of ethnicities or race, because we have to focus on the system, on the violence caused by the structure and the systems in Hong Kong,” Lai said. “We stand together with the people of Hong Kong and shall continue to strive for maintaining an atmosphere of equality, peace and harmony.”

Story continuesHome-made bomb aimed to kill or maim Hong Kong police officers, force says“We cannot help feeling that this entire thing is part of a plan to shed blood on Hong Kong’s peaceful protests,” she said.

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