The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) issued a statement on July 27, protesting the Hong Kong police searching the home of a reporter who had provided information about an assault, and seizing her computers, phones, and travel passes.
At around 10 p.m. on July 1, a man by the name of Leung Kin-Fai stabbed a policeman on duty in Causeway Bay. Leung then stabbed himself in the chest. A Large number of reporters covered the scene at the time, including one who live streamed her report.