HKU Virologist Spared Conviction for Assault at MTR Station
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A University of Hong Kong virologist, Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran, was given a 2-year bind-over order and fined HK$800 for assaulting a stranger and damaging his phone in a trivial dispute at an MTR station in August 2025.
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Por qué importa
The incident occurred during a trivial dispute in an MTR station lift.
A University of Hong Kong (HKU) virologist has been spared a criminal conviction for assaulting a man and damaging his mobile phone at a railway station last year. Eastern Court on Friday placed Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran on a two-year bind-over order and instructed him to pay HK$800 (US$102) in damages, after he admitted attacking a stranger at Hong Kong MTR station on August 17, 2025. The 48-year-old associate professor, who heads the university’s pathogen evolution lab, could be fined HK$2,000 if he failed to keep the peace during the bind-over period. The court heard Dhanasekaran was involved in a “trivial dispute” with retiree Raimundo Kwok Chun-tung, 56, inside a lift connecting to the Airport Express shortly after 6pm. Dhanasekaran used his mobile phone to film Kwok, who then used his phone to film the defendant in return. In the heat of the moment, the defendant knocked Kwok’s Samsung Galaxy Note 20 to the ground, then pushed him several times and kicked the HK$3,000 phone out of the lift.
The incident highlights the consequences of trivial disputes escalating into violence in public spaces.
Preguntas abiertas
- What triggered the dispute between the two men?
