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Bra business: Hong Kong protests after arrest for ‘breast assault’
Dozens of activists including men wearing bras staged a protest in Hong Kong on Sunday after a woman was sentenced to three-and-a-half months’ jail for assaulting a police officer with her breast. Around 100 people gathered for the light-hearted “breast walk” protest outside police headquarters in Wan Chai district, with some holding up bras and others wearing them over their tops. The crowd chanted “Breasts are not weapons – give back our breast freedom” and “Shame on police” as a representative handed in a petition letter to a police officer.
The ruling is absurd. How can breasts be a weapon? We are angry but we also fear that this precedent exploits women’s rights to take part in protests.
Ng Cheuk-ling, an activist from Hong Kong Women’s Coalition on Equal Opportunities
Thirty-year-old Ng Lai-ying was sentenced on Thursday for “assaulting a police officer” during a chaotic protest against mainland Chinese cross-border traders in March. The clerk was found guilty of using her chest to bump against the arm of chief inspector Chan Ka-po. She was bailed pending an appeal.
We have come to this rather odd method to tell the world how ridiculous it is.
Protestor James Hon
