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A 78-year-old man who assaulted a Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) officer has been convicted of common assault. He was fined $3,000 in Eastern Magistrates' Courts today (December 17).
The court heard that a Senior Hawker Control Officer was attacked by the defendant during an operation against unlicensed hawkers and illegal shop extension at Chun Yeung Street in North Point on September 10 this year.
An FEHD spokesman reminded members of the public to co-operate with law enforcement officers. According to section 139 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Chapter 132), any person who wilfully obstructs, resists or uses abusive language to any law enforcement officer in the execution of his duties is liable to a maximum fine of $25,000 and six months' imprisonment.
"To use force against public officers is not right and offenders would have a criminal record when convicted. Furthermore, the FEHD would claim from offenders losses arising from the absence of duty of injured public officers through civil litigation," he added.
Ends/Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Issued at HKT 18:26
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