Sydney activist Danny Lim has been admitted to hospital following an alleged incident involving police.
The beloved octogenarian, known for carrying colourful signs with slogans promoting “peace” and “love” but also misspelled words, confirmed he was at St Vincent’s Hospital awaiting a medical report on his injuries.
The alleged incident occurred outside the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Tuesday afternoon.
“I’m not feeling well,” Lim, 80, told Daily Mail Australia from the hospital several hours later that night.
“I’m pretty confused right now. I’m scared something will happen.”
He said the incident involved a security guard and NSW Police and was “quite similar to what happened to me at the Queen Victoria Building” in 2022.
Mr Lim did not give further details about Tuesday’s incident.
NSW Police have confirmed emergency services were called to the Art Gallery on Tuesday to check on the welfare of an 80-year-old man.
Well-known activist Danny Lim has been admitted to hospital following an incident involving New South Wales Police.
Footage captured the local activist being thrown to the ground by two New South Wales police officers, leaving Mr Lim with a bloodied face and a black eye.
Mr Lim suffered a bleed on the brain from the fall and had to use a cane for weeks.
“Police spoke to the man and he was then taken by ambulance to hospital for assessment,” a police spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.
“No crime was committed and no further action will be taken by the police.”
In the previous incident, Mr Lim also ended up in hospital with a subdural haematoma (blood clot) on the brain after two officers violently handcuffed him and threw him to the ground outside the QVB in Sydney’s CBD in November 2022.
A father of five was recently fined after being found guilty of assaulting Mr. Lim in a separate incident in 2023.
Ming Wiseman, 66, was found guilty at Burwood Local Court following an altercation at Strathfield train station on September 22 last year, despite strenuously denying the charge and even accusing Mr Lim of faking injuries.
Magistrate Vivien Swain found that Wiseman did not act in self-defence during the incident after he was seen angrily approaching Mr Lim in the station concourse.
Mr Lim, well known in Sydney for displaying posters promoting peace, positivity and progressive political causes, was taken to Concord Hospital after the attack.
The court heard that Mr Lim suffered a red mark on his left eye after Wiseman punched him while he was campaigning for a Yes vote in the Voice referendum.
Wiseman was arrested at a home in Homebush West the following week and charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
He pleaded not guilty and told the court that the attacker was Mr Lim, then 79.
Wiseman said he was angered by some of Mr Lim’s posters criticising the government and the police, including an earlier poster that read “Police can’t”.
However, Mr Lim denied they were offensive.
“Have you ever had a sign that says police officers are morons?” Judge Swain asked Mr Lim during his testimony.
“It’s not CVN,” Mr Lim replied.
CCTV footage played to the court showed Wiseman entering the station gates, leaving her bag and shopping trolley on the ground, before getting into a heated argument and pointing at Mr Lim, who was carrying a sandwich-shaped sign.
Danny Lim was taken to hospital after the altercation at the station.
Mr Lim told the court in his testimony that he heard someone approaching him from behind and swearing at him before backing up against a wall.
The police prosecution admitted that Mr Lim kicked Wiseman and attempted to punch him.
Ms Swain found that Wiseman punched Mr Lim in the face during the ensuing altercation.
Wiseman admitted he became angry when he approached Lim, but denied attacking him and called the allegations an attempt to “frame” him. The police prosecutor denied the allegations.
Danny Lim (pictured) was accused by his attacker of being a “disgrace to the Chinese community” during heated courtroom scenes on Monday.
At one point, Ms. Swain had to ask Wiseman not to shout while giving his testimony, as his testimony became heated at times.
The court heard that Mr Lim and Wiseman had been involved in another verbal argument at Strathfield station on the same day as the incident.
Ms Swain discovered that Wiseman was the aggressor and that he had beaten Mr Lim.
“I am satisfied that there is no reasonable possibility that his conduct was necessary to defend himself,” she said.
Wiseman was found guilty and fined $200.
Ms Swain also filed an 18-month restraining order against Wiseman to protect Mr Lim.
