{"id":165838,"date":"2019-11-06T11:52:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T10:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=165838"},"modified":"2019-11-06T11:54:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T10:54:02","slug":"lawmaker-stabbed-during-electioneering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=165838","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker stabbed during electioneering"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pro-Beijing lawmaker, Junius Ho, was on Wednesday morning stabbed while campaigning in his constituency for the upcoming Hong Kong district council elections.<\/p>\n

A video widely circulated online shows the attack on Ho in the far-north town of Tuen Mun.<\/p>\n

The footage shows a man handing Ho a bouquet of flowers while asking for a photo together. He then takes out what appears to be a knife from his bag and stabs Ho in the chest, NAN reports.<\/p>\n

In the video, you can see the attacker being quickly subdued and held down by a group of bystanders.<\/p>\n

A government spokesperson condemned the attack in a statement released later in the day, confirming that a male suspect had been arrested and an in-depth investigation would be conducted.<\/p>\n

While being taken away on a stretcher, Ho told reporters that the wound was superficial.<\/p>\n

Ho is a controversial figure in Hong Kong, who drew widespread criticism after he was seen shaking hands with groups of men in white t-shirts with alleged links to the organised crime group triads.<\/p>\n

The white-shirted men were later captured on video attacking protesters and passengers in Yuen Long MTR station on July 21, which resulted in 45 injuries.<\/p>\n

Ho has denied any connections to the triads and the men seen in the videos.<\/p>\n

The attack on Ho comes as the British colony turned semi-autonomous Chinese territory remains gripped in five months of political unrest and protests.<\/p>\n

Ho is the first pro-Beijing lawmaker campaigning in the current district council elections to be targeted, although pro-democracy candidates and figures have been subject to targeted attacks in the past<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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