4 Dec 2025法庭線#7640
7.14沙田｜受傷警向兩示威者索償、稱患創傷後壓力症等 官裁可獲賠49.5萬元
On 14 July 2019, clashes occurred at New Town Plaza in Sha Tin, and two protesters accused of assaulting a police officer were sentenced to prison after earlier pleading guilty to rioting. The injured officer, Kwok Siu-hang, subsequently brought a civil claim for damages against the two. Judge Phillis Lai Ping Loh ruled in the District Court on Thursday (4th) that Kwok Siu-hang should receive HK$495,000 in damages, with the two also required to pay interest and legal costs.
The judgment said Kwok later developed moderate post-traumatic stress disorder, while his children were also bullied. Kwok also experienced prolonged insomnia and suicidal tendencies. Doctors advised him to avoid working in police uniform and said he was unsuitable to carry a firearm; he will also need ongoing psychiatric treatment. The judgment further said the protesters deliberately assaulted and publicly humiliated Kwok, causing him injury and serious humiliation, and that he was entitled to aggravated damages.
2019 年 7 月 14 日，沙田新城市廣場發生衝突，兩名示威者被指毆打警員，早前承認暴動罪被判監。事件中受傷警員郭兆恒循民事向兩人索償，法官羅麗萍周四（4 日）在區域法院，判郭兆恒可獲 49.5 萬元賠償，兩人另須付利息及訟費。
判詞提到，郭事後患中度創傷後壓力症，子女亦受欺凌，郭亦曾出現長期失眠及自殺傾向，醫生建議他避免穿著警服工作，亦不適宜配槍，日後仍需接受精神科治療。判詞另指，示威者故意公然襲擊及羞辱郭，令他受傷及遭受嚴重侮辱，警可獲「加重損害賠償」。
20 Oct 2025法庭線#7439
7.14沙田｜受傷警向兩示威者索償 官斥原告大狀開案大部分屬「抄」、「複述」
Two protesters were accused of assaulting a police officer during clashes at Sha Tin New Town Plaza on 14 July 2019, and were earlier jailed after admitting the riot offence. Police officer Kwok Siu-hang, who was injured in the incident, previously brought a civil claim for damages against the two. The trial began at the District Court on Monday (20th).
Judge Phillis Lai Ping Loh spent more than half an hour criticising Sun Tsz-hang, the barrister representing Kwok, for having “copied word for word” the medical records and expert reports in his opening submissions, saying, “You would feel embarrassed yourself reading it.” The judge also said that more than half of the submissions consisted of repetition without explanation or summary, stressing that the court’s time was precious: “I have never seen an opening submission like this,” and “You have to put your heart into it.”
Kwok Siu-hang testified that he had experienced few physical problems after the incident, but that his mental condition became serious by 2022. “After being assaulted like that, I keep having dreams,” he said. He was subsequently reassigned to clerical duties and now has to receive regular psychiatric treatment. Closing submissions in the case will be made on Tuesday (21st).
2019 年 7 月 14 日，沙田新城市廣場發生衝突，兩名示威者被指毆打警員，早前承認暴動罪被判監。在事件中受傷的警員郭兆恒，早前循民事向兩人索償，周一（20 日）在區域法院開審。
法官羅麗萍花逾半小時，批評郭的代表大律師孫子恒，在開案陳詞將醫療紀錄、專家報告「一字不漏抄出嚟」、「你自己睇見都難堪啦」，又指當中逾半內容為複述，沒作出解釋、總結，強調法庭時間寶貴，「從來未見過一個咁樣嘅開案陳詞」、「你用個心去做先得㗎」。
郭兆恒則供稱，事發後身體沒甚麼問題，至 2022 年精神情況變得嚴重，「我俾人咁樣毆打，成日都會發夢」，其後被調任文書工作，現時須定期接受精神治療。案件周二（21 日）結案陳詞。
9 Jul 2025法庭線#7019
7.14沙田｜政府向4執勤受傷警賠償後 向杜啟華等4示威者索償 涉逾200萬元
During the clashes at Sha Tin New Town Plaza on 14 July 2019, police arrested a number of people, while several officers were injured on duty. The Department of Justice filed three cases in the District Court on Tuesday (8th), seeking compensation for employees and related legal costs from four protesters, including To Kai Wa, in connection with a sergeant whose finger was bitten off, an injured senior superintendent and two other injured officers. The claims in two of the cases total more than $2 million.
According to records, To Kai Wa was convicted of assaulting a police officer, causing serious bodily harm to another person and other offences, and sentenced to five and a half years in prison. The other three protesters pleaded guilty to rioting and were sentenced to between three years and four months and four years in prison.
2019 年 7 月 14 日沙田新城巿廣場衝突中，警方拘捕多人，亦有多名警員執勤時受傷。律政司周二（8 日）分 3 案入稟區域法院，就被咬斷指警長、受傷高級警司及 2 名受傷警員的僱員賠償及相關訟費等，分別向杜啟華等 4 名示威者索償。其中兩案的索償額共逾 200 萬元。
翻查資料，杜啟華襲警、對他人身體加以嚴重傷害等罪成，被判囚 5 年半；另 3 名示威者承認暴動罪，被判囚 3 年 4 個月至 4 年。
25 Apr 2025法庭線#6725
指警署內遭警打頭致腦出血、市民入稟索償 申禁警方銷毀CCTV片、披露警資料被拒
A man filed a claim against the Commissioner of Police last Wednesday (16), alleging that when he went to the report room at Mong Kok Police Station this month to complain about an officer’s rudeness, the officer instead said he would arrest him for criminal intimidation and struck the back of his head. He was later taken to hospital, where he was found to have suffered a brain haemorrhage. He is seeking 1.2 million in compensation from the police force.
The case came back before the District Court on Friday (25). The man said the case involved a criminal offence and applied for an injunction to prohibit the police from destroying the police station’s closed-circuit television footage. He also sought disclosure of information about the officers and the CCTV footage, and indicated that he intended to bring a private prosecution.
Judge Leung Kwok-on dismissed the plaintiff’s application, saying: “The court cannot force the government to do this or that, or not do this or that; the court does not have such power.” The judge also said that the plaintiff’s request for disclosure before the issues in dispute had been defined was “vague” and that he “cannot cast the net like a fisherman and take all the officers’ personal information”. The judge further said the case should be commenced as a personal injury claim rather than as an ordinary civil action. The case was adjourned to allow the plaintiff to consider whether to continue the proceedings or bring a separate case in another manner.
一名市民上周三（16 日）入稟控告警務處長，指本月赴旺角警署報案室，投訴警員不禮貌時，反遭警員稱要以刑事恐嚇罪拘捕，又拍打其後腦。男子送院後證實腦出血，民事入稟索償，要求警務處賠償 120 萬元。
案件周五（25 日）在區域法院再訊，男子指本案涉刑事罪行，因此申請禁制令，禁止警方銷毀警署閉路電視片段，又要求警方披露警員資料、閉路電視片段，另透露有意提出私人刑事檢控。
法官梁國安駁回原告申請，指「法庭唔可以強制政府做乜、唔做乜，法庭冇咁嘅權力」。官又指，在本案未定下爭議點時，原告便要求披露資料，是「虛無飄渺」，「唔可以咁漁翁撒網，攞晒警員個人資料」。官又提到，案件應以「人身傷亡」而非一般民事訴訟立案。官押後案件，待原告考慮是否繼續提控，或會否其他方式另立案件等。
24 Apr 2025法庭線#6722
7.14 沙田｜港大畢業生被指咬斷警長手指、遭入稟索償 雙方達成和解賠28萬元
During clashes at New Town Plaza in Sha Tin on 14 July 2019, HKU graduate To Kai Wa was accused of biting off a sergeant’s ring finger. In 2021, To Kai Wa was convicted of four offences, including disorderly conduct in a public place and assaulting a police officer, and sentenced to five and a half years in prison. An earlier appeal was dismissed.
Sergeant Leung Kai-yip, whose finger was bitten off, filed a civil damages claim against To Kai Wa in 2022. The case was dealt with at the High Court on Thursday (24th), where the master said the parties had reached a settlement. To Kai Wa will pay the sergeant $280,000 in compensation.
To Kai Wa is also being sued by another superintendent whose finger was injured in the incident. According to the Judiciary’s website, that case is scheduled to go to trial at the District Court on 12 May.
2019 年 7 月 14 日，沙田新城巿廣場衝突中，港大畢業生杜啟華被指咬斷警長的無名指，2021 年被裁定擾亂公眾秩序、襲警等 4 罪罪成，判囚 5 年半，早前上訴被駁回。
遭咬斷手指的警長梁啟業，2022 年向杜啟華提出民事索償，案件周四（24 日）在高等法院處理，聆案官指訴訟雙方達成和解，杜將向警長賠償 28 萬元。
杜啟華亦遭另一名在事件中手指受傷的總警司索償，根據司法機構網頁，該案排期 5 月 12 日在區域法院開審。
11 Nov 2024法庭線#4223
6.9金鐘｜社工早前認襲警囚4月 受襲警向被告索償 官下令賠44.6萬元
After a million-person anti-extradition bill protest on June 9, 2019, large numbers of protesters gathered outside the Legislative Council protest area until the early hours of the following day. The 33-year-old social worker was alleged to have taken part in beating a police officer. He earlier pleaded guilty to unlawful assembly and assaulting a police officer, and was sentenced to four months in prison. The assaulted officer earlier filed a claim in the District Court seeking at least HK$200,000 from the social worker for his injuries and losses. Judge Phillis Lai Ping Loh handed down the judgment on Monday (the 11th), ordering the social worker to pay the male police officer HK$446,000 in compensation.
The judgment said that, in addition to the officer subsequently experiencing problems including headaches, nausea and anxiety, it accepted the police’s contention that the officer had been “brutally” assaulted by a group of protesters. The protesters’ blatant and malicious attack aggravated his emotional injury. As a law enforcement officer, being attacked while carrying out his duties was “a high degree of contempt and humiliation”. The judge ordered HK$100,000 in compensation for the plaintiff’s emotional injury.
2019 年 6 月 9 日百萬人反修例遊行後，大批示威者在立法會示威區外聚集至翌日凌晨。33 歲社工被指有份圍毆警員，早前承認非法集結及襲警罪，判監 4 個月。受襲警早前入稟區域法院，就其傷勢和損失向社工索償至少 20 萬元。法官羅麗萍周一（11 日）頒下判詞，下令社工向男警賠償 44.6 萬元。
判詞指，除了警員事後感頭痛、噁心、焦慮等問題外，亦接納警方一指，警員遭一群示威者「野蠻」地施襲，示威者明目張膽、惡意的襲擊，加重其情感傷害。警員作為執法者，在執行職務時受攻擊，「是一種高度的蔑視和羞辱」，官其中就原告的情感傷害，下令賠償 10 萬元。
16 Oct 2024法庭線#4147
6.9金鐘｜社工早前認襲警囚4月 受襲警向被告索償逾20萬元 官押後判定賠償金額
After a million-strong march against the extradition bill on June 9, 2019, large numbers of protesters gathered outside the Legislative Council protest area until the early hours of the following day. A 33-year-old social worker was accused of taking part in an attack on a police officer. He earlier admitted charges of unlawful assembly and assaulting a police officer and was sentenced to four months in prison. The injured officer earlier filed a claim in the District Court seeking at least HK$200,000 from the social worker for his injuries and losses. The case was heard in the District Court on Wednesday (the 16th). After hearing submissions, judge Phillis Lai Ping Loh adjourned the assessment of damages, which will be determined within six months.
The injured officer told the court that, at the time of the incident, he rushed forward “in a flash” to save a colleague and was surrounded and attacked by protesters. The officer said he temporarily lost his vision and felt that someone was trying to seize his baton, but the baton was a “lethal weapon”, so his “will to survive” drove him to keep holding on until his colleagues came to his aid. He said he was terrified at the time and that his cornea was scarred, though his vision was not affected.
2019 年 6 月 9 日百萬人反修例遊行後，大批示威者在立法會示威區外聚集至翌日凌晨。33 歲社工被指有份圍毆警員，早前承認非法集結及襲警罪，判監 4 個月。受襲警早前入稟區域法院，就其傷勢和損失向社工索償至少 20 萬元，案件周三（16 日）於區域法院聆訊。法官羅麗萍聽畢陳詞，將於 6 個月內判定賠償金額。
受襲警庭上稱，案發時他為拯救同僚在「電光火石」間衝前，被示威者包圍襲擊。警又指，他當時失去視覺，感到有人欲搶其警棍，但警棍是「致命武器」，所以其「求生意志」驅使他一直堅持，直至同伴解圍。他指，當時感到驚恐，眼角膜亦留疤痕，但不影響視力。
19 Jul 2024法庭線#3832
7.14新城市衝突｜警員受傷索償 涉警方一案暫攔置 涉示威者案一人以15萬元和解
Police–civilian clashes occurred at Sha Tin New Town Plaza on 14 July 2019. Two plain-clothes police officers said they were injured after being attacked by protesters that night. One officer subsequently sought damages from two protesters who admitted rioting offences and from the Commissioner of Police. The case involving the Police Force was originally scheduled for trial in the High Court in early July. The parties were granted a stay of the trial pending the conclusion of the damages claim involving the protesters.
High Court deputy judge Chun Man (Judge) Leung handed down a judgment on Friday (19th) giving supplementary reasons. The judge said the plaintiff police officer had not disclosed throughout that another damages action was being conducted at the same time, and it was difficult to understand why different lawyers had been engaged to handle the two matters separately, describing the situation as “unusual and regrettable”. The judgment also disclosed that, in the other case, one protester defendant had settled out of court for HK$150,000, while the court was assessing the damages payable to another.
According to the writ of summons, when seeking damages from the Police Force, the officer alleged that the Police had failed to conduct an appropriate assessment of the situation before deploying officers to the scene, leaving them outnumbered and causing injuries to his face, body and eyes.
2019 年 7 月 14 日，沙田新城市廣場發生警民衝突。兩名便衣警稱當晚受示威者襲擊受傷。一警員先後向兩名承認暴動罪的示威者，以及警務處長索償。涉及警務處的案件原定 7 月初在高院開審，雙方獲准擱置審訊，待涉及示威者的索償案完結。
高院暫委法官梁俊文周五（19 日）頒判詞補充理由，指原告警員一直沒披露有另一宗索償訴訟同時進行，難以理解為何會聘用不同的律師各自處理，形容情況「特殊和令人遺憾」。判詞又透露在另案中，有示威者被告以 15 萬元庭外和解，另一人則正由法庭評定賠償額。
翻查入稟狀，警員向警方索償時指，警方委派警員到場前沒作適當形勢評估，令他們寡不敵眾，致他的臉部、身體及眼睛受傷。
4 Jul 2024法庭線#3777
理大衝突｜醫生指警誤射催淚彈索償案 原告申蕭澤頤等3警作供被拒、不服提上訴
In November 2019, during the clashes at the Polytechnic University, an ear, nose and throat doctor who operated a clinic near the university said police mistakenly fired a tear-gas round into the clinic, causing a fire and damage. The doctor filed a claim against the police in 2021 seeking more than HK$6.72 million in compensation. The plaintiff had earlier sought to call Commissioner of Police Chris Tang and two other police officers to testify, but the application was rejected by a High Court master. He has appealed the decision.
The case was heard in the High Court on Thursday (4th). After hearing submissions from both sides, Judge Ouyang Kwei-yu adjourned the decision until before the end of July. The plaintiff questioned how the police, whom he said were the party that fired the tear-gas round, could conclude after three years of investigation that they did not know which officer had fired it. He asked Tang, as head of the police force, to personally explain the investigation’s findings. The Police Commissioner’s side reiterated that it was “simply impossible to find out” who had fired the tear-gas round in question, and that someone else might have picked it up and thrown it amid the disorder. It argued that Tang’s evidence was irrelevant to the case.
2019 年 11 月，理大衝突期間，在理大附近開設診所的耳鼻喉科醫生，稱遭警方誤射催淚彈入診所，致起火受損，於 2021 年入稟向警方索償逾 672 萬港元。原告醫生早前要求傳召警務處長蕭澤頤及另兩名警員作供，遭高院聆案官拒絕，他不服決定提出上訴。
案件周四（4 日）在高院處理，法官歐陽桂如聽罷雙方陳詞，押後 7 月底前頒下裁決。原告質疑警方是發射催淚彈的一方，不可能經過 3 年調查，總結不知道是那名警員發射催淚彈，要求蕭澤頤身為警隊之首，親自解釋調查結果；警務處一方則重申警方「根本不可能找出」發射涉案催淚彈的人，亦可能是其他人趁亂撿起催淚彈投擲，認為蕭的證供與案無關。
15 Apr 2024法庭線#3356
博士生金鐘集會吸催淚煙提索償遭駁回 官指警須大規模調查「不成比例和不公平」
A Hong Kong University of Science and Technology PhD student filed a claim with the Small Claims Tribunal in 2019, alleging that police fired tear gas without warning during the 12 June assembly in Admiralty, constituting an assault against him, and seeking HK$75,000 in compensation. The Department of Justice, representing the police, earlier asked the tribunal to strike out the claim on the grounds that it was “frivolous, vexatious or an abuse of process”, but the request was refused. The Department of Justice appealed the tribunal’s decision to the High Court.
High Court judge Tony Siu Tung Poon handed down a judgment on Monday (15th), allowing the Department of Justice’s appeal and ordering that the claim be dismissed. The Department of Justice was also awarded the costs of the appeal.
The judgment said the claimant himself agreed that some of the tear-gas rounds fired by police had been lawfully discharged. This effectively meant that the police would have to conduct an extremely wide-ranging investigation to explain the reasons why every officer had fired every tear-gas round, which was “almost like looking for a needle in a haystack”. The judge considered that requiring the police, based on the claimant’s unclear claim, to conduct an investigation on such a scale was “disproportionate and unfair” and would also impose an oppressive burden on the police.
一名科大博士生 2019 年入稟小額錢債審裁處，指警方於金鐘 612 集會時，無警告下發射催淚彈，對他構成襲擊，要求警方賠償 7.5 萬元。律政司早前代表警方，以「瑣碎無聊或無理纏繞」為由，要求審裁處剔除申索但遭拒。律政司不服審裁處的決定，上訴至高等法院。
高院法官潘兆童周一（15 日）頒下判詞，判律政司上訴得直，下令駁回申索，律政司另獲上訴訟費。
判詞指出，申索人本身同意警方發射的部分催淚彈是合法射出，變相警方需要進行極大範圍的調查，解釋每一名警員發射每一枚催淚彈的因由，「幾近大海撈針」。法官認為要求警方基於申索人不明確的申索，進行如此規模的調查，「是不成比例和不公平的」，亦會對警方造成壓迫。
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