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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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September 7, 2006
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Crime
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Off-duty policeman charged with wounding

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Hong Kong Police

A 39-year-old Police Constable has been charged for shooting a 44-year-old colleague. He will appear in Eastern Magistracy tomorrow.

 

The victim and his partner were on patrol about 6.30pm yesterday, when they stopped the off-duty constable in a pedestrian subway near Aberdeen Praya Road. The constable had been on sick leave and was reported missing.

 

A struggle ensued and the off-duty officer snatched another officer's revolver and a shot was fired before he was subdued and arrested.

 

The wounded officer is in stable condition at Queen Mary Hospital.