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Hong Kong bra protest after woman jailed for ‘breast assault’

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Dozens of activists including men wearing bras staged a protest in Hong Kong on Sunday after a woman was sentenced to three-and-a-half months' jail for assaulting a police officer with her breast. Around 100 people gathered for the light-hearted "breast walk" protest outside police headquarters in Wan Chai district, with some holding up bras and others wearing them over their tops. "We better watch out as one day police might accuse us of attacking with our penis or buttock," a topless male activist wearing a black bra told the crowd. Retired teacher James Hon, 66, wearing a pink bra ov

Hong Kong’s Ng On-yee is new world champion in women’s snooker

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Ng On-yee joined an elite club of Hong Kong world champions when she won the top prize in women’s snooker in Leeds, England. The 24-year-old Ng confirmed Hong Kong’s rise as a major power in women’s snooker as she beat England’s Emma Bonney 6-2 in the final of the WLBSA world championship. Bonney had earlier beaten another Hong Kong player, Jaique Ip Wan-in, in the semi-finals. Ng made history on Tuesday in the semi-finals when she ended the reign of 10-time champion Reanne Evans, who narrowly missed the chance to play in the men’s world championship after losing 10-8 to Ken Do

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