Hong Kong police officers lose appeal over framing homeless man, evidence cover-up

Four Hong Kong police officers have lost their appeal against convictions and jail sentences for framing a homeless man for drug possession and covering up the incident. The Court of Appeal ruled that the officers intended to pervert the course of justice by obstructing surveillance cameras while colleagues fabricated evidence during an anti-drug operation on February 4, 2020. The judges rejected the officers' arguments that they did not intend to prejudice legal proceedings or that tampering with footage had no impact. The officers were found guilty of framing the street sleeper and destroying evidence of the cover-up.