Sai Kung squatter convicted of multiple assaults is out of jail and villagers fear he is free to attack again

3 March 2025 rmedcalf ACCIDENTS AND CRIME 0

_{Mohammed Bashi Abdullahi}

The assailant of Ko Tung, Sai Kung resident Mark Doel has been convicted, sentenced to two weeks in jail and is free already, because of time served. Mark described the leniency given to Mohammed Bashi Abdullahi as “very disappointing.” The legal system “seems to be utterly broken.”

As BUZZ reported at the time Mark was assaulted by Abdullahi on the country park path that runs from Uk Tau down to the pier. “He shouts abuse, videos me, claims he owns the land and says he will report me to the police.” Abdullahi followed Mark who was walking with two dogs still shouting abuse. He was carrying a large walking stick and said, “I’m going to teach you a lesson.” Abdullahi swung the stick with both hands as if it was a baseball bat, hitting Mark above the elbow, knocking him to the ground. His arm swelled up like a golf ball. “I grabbed the dogs’ leads, but they did nothing.”

_{Mark Doel was walking with his rescue dog from Sai Kung Stray Friends}

Mark ran home and called the police. A van with four policemen arrived. They summoned an ambulance and Mark was taken to Tseung Kwan O hospital. A doctor bandaged his arm and gave him soothing cream.

Abdullahi has been in multiple court cases, Mark said. He seems to manipulate the legal system, repeatedly firing his government-appointed lawyers, yelling at them in court, apparently to delay conviction. Between the second and third cases Abdullahi was arrested at the To Kwa Peng house he has been squatting in and taken to Lai Chi Kok where he was detained.

Mark said, “It is a sad refflection on the current state of the HK legal system that an asylum seeker with this history is treated so leniently yet law-abiding citizens can be quickly arrested and imprisoned for five years plus just for saying the wrong thing.” Despite all three convictions and multiple run-ins with the police Abdullahi’s asylum case has been with the Immigration Department for 10 years without a ruling.

“At no point during this whole episode was Abdullahi’s mental state brought into question, which is another sad reflection on the HK legal system as he obviously has underlying mental issues based on his long history of harassment and intimidation . . .”