HKU associate professor bound over in MTR assault case
AM730 · 2 SOURCESabout 1 hour ago2 MIN
Summary
A university professor accused of assault causing actual bodily harm and criminal damage in an altercation at MTR Hong Kong Station has been allowed to sign a 24-month bind-over at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts. The defendant, Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna, must enter into a HK$2,000 recognizance and compensate the victim HK$800, after prosecutors agreed to handle the case without a full trial disposal.
Key Points
- The 48-year-old Indian defendant, Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna, was reported as a university professor and identified by on.cc as an HKU associate professor in laboratory sciences for public health.
- He faced one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of criminal damage over events inside lift PL8 on Level L2 of MTR Hong Kong Station.
- The charges alleged that on 17 August last year, he assaulted a man surnamed Kwok and unlawfully damaged Kwok’s mobile phone at the same location.
- Agreed facts said the two men did not know each other and began arguing around 6pm, with both taking out phones to film one another.
- Vijaykrishna allegedly struck the complainant’s phone, causing it to fall and crack, and also pushed and kicked the man several times, leaving abrasions on his left arm and lower limbs.
Why It Matters
The disposal means the case ends without a conviction being recorded in the usual sense, but with conditions including compensation and a two-year good-behaviour requirement. The reports also draw attention to a public dispute in a busy rail station involving an academic identified as being linked to the University of Hong Kong.