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A Hong Kong man on trial for allegedly inciting others to wound with intent has told the court he made the Facebook comment about the citys top police chief out of anger. Chau Kin-kwok, a 53-year-old security guard, appeared at the District Court on Tuesday as the trial against him began. According to the prosecutions case, Chau left a comment over three years ago on a Facebook post from ex-lawmaker Lam Cheuk-tings Facebook post, in which Lam posted the news of media mogul Jimmy Lais arrest. Chaus comment, in Chinese, read: If we could gather tens of thousands of people to charge the pol