Police seek HK$150,000 from “Yue the hero” three years later for 78 days’ sick-leave compensation paid to assaulted officer
「岳義士」事隔三年被警方追討15萬 需向受襲警支付78天病假賠償金
Chan Yi-chun, known as “Yue the hero”, “rescued” a protester from police during a 2019 protest in North Point and suffered a head injury and heavy bleeding while being subdued by officers. He earlier pleaded guilty to assaulting police and other offences and was sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment. After serving his sentence, he left Hong Kong and now lives in Taiwan. Nearly three and a half years later, Chan received a letter from police seeking more than HK$150,000, saying that he had assaulted Inspector Ma Chi-shing, causing him injuries and resulting in 78 days of paid sick leave. The Hong Kong Police Force had paid the inspector more than HK$150,000 in employee compensation. Chan said he was stunned when he received the letter and described it as “barefaced extortion”.
「岳義士」陳以晉於2019年北角示威中從警方手中「救走」示威者，遭警員制服期間頭破血流。他早前承認襲警等罪被判囚10個月，服刑後離港現居台灣。事隔近三年半，「岳義士」收到警方來信追討逾15萬元，警方指他當時襲擊督察馬智聖，導致他受傷並放了78天有薪病假，警務處已向督察支付了逾15萬的僱員賠償金。「岳義士」指收到信件時晴天霹靂，形容是「赤裸裸的勒索」。