19 Jun 2020
WONG WENG CHI v. THE SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE for and on behalf of THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
- Citation
- [2020] HKDC 412
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCPI282/2015
The plaintiffs failed to prove unlawful arrest or that officers used excessive or unlawful force or committed assaults on board the police vehicle; where an arresting officer was not recorded as giving reasons the court found either reasons were in fact given or the arrested person already knew the general nature of the offence (exception to duty to inform), and contemporaneous video footage and medical records supported the police account that P2 and P4 engaged in conduct on the vehicle justifying short‑term handcuffing; accordingly judgment entered for defendant and plaintiffs' claims dismi…