Event Brief
Ex-Hong Kong prison officer jailed for brutal inmate attack
Filed: Aug 03, 2026 at 3:08 AM ET
Summary: A former Correctional Services Department officer was sentenced to three years in jail for severely wounding an inmate.
WHO: Tam Lik-chung, former assistant officer of the Correctional Services Department; District Court Judge Frankie Yiu Fun-che
WHAT: Sentenced to three years in jail for leading and instructing others in an assault that severely wounded an inmate
WHEN: Aug 03, 2026 at 2:51 AM ET
WHERE: Hong Kong
WHY: He was sentenced for a very serious assault on an inmate, involving repeated thrusting of a stick into the inmate’s rectum.
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