Spotlight: Recent situation "most dangerous" in 25 years, says senior Hong Kong police officer

Wong Ka-lun, Senior Inspector of No. 4 Platoon of Emergency Unit of Kowloon East Region, reacts in an interview with the press in south China's Hong Kong, Aug. 16, 2019. Wong Ka-lun was hit in the mouth by a steel ball fired from a slingshot on August 5, when handling the blockages by hundreds of demonstrators on Lung Cheung Road along with merely over 20 police officers. He was diagnosed with swelling and laceration of his lips, with a broken tooth in the lower jaw that needed to be removed. (Xinhua/Wang Shen)