Photojournalist Risks His Life in Hong Kong

On January 17, 2010, Alex Cheng, a photojournalist at Mad Dog Daily, a Hong Kong-based online newspaper, noticed that he was being followed stealthily by two people. But he ignored them. The following night, on his way home, he was pushed down a long flight of stairs by an unidentified assailant. His left shoulder and arm bones were seriously fractured. This incident reminded him of his recent investigation into a suspicious death. The Hong Kong police claimed a man allegedly committed suicide by jumping from a high-rise building in Ko Cheung Court in Kowloon. But based on a video footage that caught the incident, some suspect the man could have been murdered because of the way he fell. Cheng used to be a commercial photographer with more than 10 years of experience. His current work as a photojournalist has allowed him to capture the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. Recently, he shared his story with The Epoch Times.