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Jun 17, 2009, 10:31 GMT

Security stepped up at Hong Kong parliament after knife incident

Hong Kong - Metal detectors and tough security checks were introduced Wednesday at Hong Kong's parliament a week after a jobless man slashed himself with a knife in the public gallery. The new security measures, costing an estimated 6,000 US dollars a month, came after the apparently mentally disturbed man slashed his arms and legs with a knife in front of legislators on June 10 and shouted that he had been pushed to the brink by debt collectors and wanted to publicize his plight. A legislator with medical training bandaged the man before an ambulance took him to hospital. The parliamentary session was suspended. Under the new security measures, all visitors must leave their belongings in lockers and pass through metal detectors before entering the public gallery. The public gallery in Hong Kong's Legislative Council building has been the scene of noisy protests in the past particularly during the chief executive's annual policy address, however, none so far had involved violence.

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