This photo obtained from the official Facebook account of Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor shows Lam (right) visiting the wife of a man set ablaze by a rioter as a representative passes a donation of HK$300,000 raised by the construction sector to the victim.

HONG KONG - Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor visited on Saturday the wife of a 57-year-old construction worker set on fire by a rioter and passed a donation of HK$300,000 (around US$40,000) to her.

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"I expressed my sympathy and hope Lee will recover as soon as possible," Lam said in a message posted on her official Facebook account on Saturday. She said the money was the second batch of donations raised by the construction sector. The first batch amounted to HK$100,000.

The horrific scene of Lee being tortured is still fresh in my mind

Carrie Lam, HK Chief Executive

The man, surnamed Lee, was poured with a flammable liquid and set ablaze on a footbridge in Ma On Shan on Nov 11, following an argument with rioters who were trashing facilities in a metro station.

Suffering from burns on almost half of his body, Lee was still in hospital after several medical operations.

"The horrific scene of Lee being tortured is still fresh in my mind," Lam said. "Rioters cannot tolerate other people disagreeing with them and they 'lynched,' threatened, beat and even burned innocent residents."

The assaults of rioters on ordinary residents were rampant. A 70-year-old street cleaner died in November after being hit in the head by a brick hurled by a rioter when a large group of masked rioters attacked residents attempting to remove road blockades they had set up.

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Lam also denounced rioters who silence other people by doxxing and vandalism, as well as media that glorifies violence with bias reports.