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From Songkran splashes to handcuffs: Two Hong Kong men arrested for shooting humourless cops with water (video)

Millions of people all over Thailand today are celebrating Songkran with water fights but spare a thought for two men in Hong Kong unfortunate enough to encounter some humourless cops while celebrating the Thai New Year. The pair were arrested by the party-pooping officers for disorderly conduct after they fired water guns at them at a Songkran event on Sunday in Kowloon City, a district that many people call “Little Thailand.”

The short-on-humour cops reckoned the fun-loving festival duo used the event as a cover to target law enforcers.

Cheung Lok-chuen, a chief inspector in Kowloon City, last night told South China Morning Post (SCMP) that the men, aged 25 and 26, were shooting the water guns at close range at the Songkran Festival. He said…

“It was originally a fun event for everyone, but some individuals had ulterior motives to target the police officers who…

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