Hong Kong: reporter blinded covering protests on her bid to sue police

Police cannot shoot people 'because they are panicked or angry', says Veby Mega Indah

In late September, the journalist Veby Mega Indah stood on a footbridge in Hong Kong's Wan Chai district documenting another day of clashes between anti-government protesters and riot police. The demonstrators, crouched under umbrellas, inched forward toward police firing and retreating down a set of stairs toward the street.

A journalist of 13 years, trained to work in hostile environments, she stood to the side, out of the way of the standoff and in a group of other reporters. She knew to wear goggles, helmet and a high-vis jacket clearly labelled PRESS.