Editor’s note: The 721 Yuen Long attack took place nearly four years ago. “Jizhishe” interviewed the two injured in the incident, and made a time series of the day, and tracked the change of official characterization and the official career of the commanding police officer at the time of the incident.
721 Five police officers with command authority were promoted at the time of the incident
“Jizhishe” compiled a list of some of the police officers involved in handling the 721 incident, and understand their whereabouts. Among the 10 people counted by “Jizhishe”, 5 people were promoted after the 721 incident. The three senior officers of the police force, apart from the retired Police Commissioner Lu Weicong, the then Deputy Police Commissioner Deng Bingqiang and the Police Operations Director Xiao Zeyi were promoted after the 721 incident. Deng Bingqiang is now the Director of the Security Bureau and Xiao Zeyi is now For the Commissioner of Police.
At the police press conference, Zeng Zhengke, the then deputy commander of the New Territories North Region, once responded, “I believe there are no eight characters to endure”, and then checked with the people around him and added: “Oh, 39 minutes.” He was promoted to Assistant Commissioner in October 2020 and served as Regional Commander of New Territories North. In the same year, he was awarded the Chief Executive’s Public Service Commendation. In 2021, he was awarded the “Waveswalker” Action Medal, and in 2022 he was awarded the Hong Kong Police Medal for Excellence.
However, You Naiqiang, the then assistant commander of the Yuen Long Police District, who entered the Nanbianwei Village Office on July 21 and was investigated by the ICAC for his involvement in the July 21 incident, once said “I can’t see the watch” and “You don’t want to make me look like this.” Li Hanmin, then Commander of Pat Heung Division, responded to the reporter, but there was “no information” in the government phone book.
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2023-07-20 02:24:17
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