Correctional officers stop assault by person in custody

    Correctional officers stopped a person in custody assaulting another person in custody at Hei Ling Chau Correctional Institution yesterday (May 18).

     At 2.45pm, a 29-year-old male person in custody suddenly attacked a 43-year-old male person in custody inside the workshop. Officers at the scene immediately stopped the assailant and called for reinforcements.

     The victim sustained injuries to his eye. After examination and treatment by the medical officer in the institution hospital, he was transferred to a public hospital for further treatment.

     The case has been reported to the Police for investigation.

     The assailant was sentenced to imprisonment for the offence of possession of offensive weapon in a public place and remaining in Hong Kong without the authority of the Director of Immigration after having landed unlawfully in Hong Kong.