09 Sep 2020 02:04PMHONG KONG: A Swiss photographer went on trial in Hong Kong on Wednesday charged with public disorder, with prosecutors accusing him of enabling an assault on a Chinese mainlander during last year's protests.
In video footage that went viral, Progin could be seen closing the door to the bank in order to better photograph the unfolding events, closing off Lin's exit route.Seconds later the banker was punched repeatedly by a masked protester, who has not been caught. "That day I was the only foreigner there photographing and so I don't know what the police thought of that," he said.
After retirement he became an adventurer and photographer with multiple exhibitions, particularly on the nomadic cultures of Mongolia.
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