A Hong Kong court has stepped up security checks after a man tried to attack a magistrate who convicted him over an indecent assault case years earlier, with staff searching visitors’ belongings and prohibiting sharp tools.
A screening station was set up at the entrance of each floor outside the courtrooms of Kowloon City Court on Tuesday, the Post observed.
Security guards and judiciary staff inspected the bags of all court users for objects that they deemed unsafe.
A noticed posted at the entrance warned that staff members would call police if knives, saws, scissors and brass knuckles were discovered.
The Post saw a security guard stopping a man from entering the courtroom after a cutter was found in his backpack.
The man was asked to leave the cutter with guards despite claiming he was a construction worker who used the tool for work.
