Explainer: Laser pointers as ’offensive weapons’ in Hong Kong protests

Read our report here: Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: Handheld lasers have been used during recent protests in Hong Kong, with demonstrators sometimes flashing the pointers at police buildings, officers and surveillance cameras. On August 6, 2019, police arrested Baptist University student union president Keith Fong Chung-yin on suspicion of possessing “offensive weapons” identified as 10 laser pointers he bought in Sham Shui Po. While