The "Good Samaritan" who possibly caused a motorcycle accident...

[nivek2046]

How can the customs officer know, within 10 milliseconds, that the suspect has committed an "arrestable offense" punishable by more than 12 months in prison before exercising "the power of citizens to arrest."?

https://www.thestandard.com.hk/break...clist:-sources

[ycchai]

To extrapolate that .. we all die because someone gave birth to us. Just saying ...

yes i remind my mom everyday that she wants me dead

[hongkongmusic]

Unless it's a child or a female being harassed by a bloke, mind your own business. Always worked for me.

[DonDiego]

What I find amusing is how so often, so many love to trumpet how selfish people can be in HK and now that one isn't, it's a different tune. Wonder what the reaction would be if it was the action of an expat...

[Crankshaft]

What I find amusing is how so often, so many love to trumpet how selfish people can be in HK and now that one isn't, it's a different tune. Wonder what the reaction would be if it was the action of an expat...

I actually agree with you. Usually when something happens then the comments here are "HK people would rather film the incident than try to intervene", or something similar. Now that a local tries to help, everyone is calling him a murderer, as if that was his intentions.

Anyone here that would have sped off as well after knowing you're in the wrong? For a traffic offence ffs. Don't be an idiot. Stupid games, stupid prizes.

[PLamHK]

I've no problem with the guy standing in the road and trying to persuade the rider to stop when being pursued by the police. But he appears to then grab the head/helmet of the rider as they pass at speed. That is clearly very likely to have a serious outcome. I wouldn't be surprised if that action actually snapped the guy's neck and is what caused the crash. That to me crosses the line to reckless. It would only be justified if, for example, the rider was clearly about to ride at speed into a group of kids crossing the road.

[ArrynField]

Moral of the story…

Don’t Engage in a game of chicken with a speeding motorcyclist. It’s not going to end well.

[Zelensky2]

I actually agree with you. Usually when something happens then the comments here are "HK people would rather film the incident than try to intervene", or something similar. Now that a local tries to help, everyone is calling him a murderer, as if that was his intentions.

Anyone here that would have sped off as well after knowing you're in the wrong? For a traffic offence ffs. Don't be an idiot. Stupid games, stupid prizes.

It's the morality that's messed up.

The guy was pursued on bike, there was zero need for the vigilante customs dick to try and enforce the law.

What's more it's idiotic to have high speed chases in densely populated cities, especially for a relatively minor offence. The police have fuck all to do, they can send 15 cops round to his home, his place of work, his parents address and he'll be apprehended within the day if it's that important.

Guess what, it wasn't that important.

If the dude had just stabbed someone and the only person on the scene was the customs dick who succeeded in smashing him into a lamppost, then hat's off. But invariably what happens in those situations when they don't have back-up on their shoulder, is the brave-do-gooder suddenly becomes the typical HK stand, stare and film type. What the fuck did he think he was going to achieve by attempting to grab a rider off a bike travelling at high speed other than death or disability. Twat.

When the women was murdered by her in ex in the shopping mall a year or so ago and her friend tried to save her, she was rightly lauded for her actions on Geo and more widely. But there have been plenty of other instances where nobody has offered any type of help when clearly they should have.

Customs dick should be going down for manslaughter.

[Zelensky2]

How can the customs officer know, within 10 milliseconds, that the suspect has committed an "arrestable offense" punishable by more than 12 months in prison before exercising "the power of citizens to arrest."?

https://www.thestandard.com.hk/break...clist:-sources

He obviously can't and is now clearly criminally liable.

But regardless of what he thought he knew, pulling someone off a motorbike at that speed is only ever going to lead to very serious injury at best.

Looks like clear cut manslaughter to me. The fact that he's charged with tampering shows how HK law stacks up these days.

[chuckster007]

Customs dick should be going down for manslaughter.

i agree, there was ZERO need for him to try and stop a Motorbike on the road. The chasing motorbike popo would have called it in and they would have set up road blocks or asked other Popo to join the chase. in the end as they know the license plate etc unless fake, they would have found the running away driver.