Hong Kong student shot by police during 2019 protest jailed for 3.5 years for rioting, assaulting officer

Student Tsang Chi-kin was caught up in clashes between protesters and police on October 1, 2019, when the city saw widespread demonstrations to “mourn” National Day amid protests sparked by a controversial amendment to the city’s extradition bill.

That day, an officer fired a live round at Tsang at close range. He was shot in his left lung – three centimetres from his heart – leaving him in hospital in a critical condition. He later went through surgery to remove the bullet.