2 arrested over viral video row involving off-duty Hong Kong firefighter

News - South China Morning Post · Jul 13, 2026

An off-duty Hong Kong firefighter has been arrested after reporting an alleged assault as a victim, the South China Morning Post has learned, following a viral video showing him shouting at and shoving a young couple in a shopping centre. A source said on Monday evening that a second man, 33, had been arrested in connection with the same case and was suspected of having bumped into the firefighter’s wife at the Sim City shopping centre in Mong Kok on Saturday. He was detained on suspicion of...