No, they are just steel rods...no fancy stuff.

You are thinking of tesla troopers in RA2?

I feel silly.

For some reason, when I read the article, I got the impression the "forks" delivered an electric shock. I went back and re-checked, and it says no such thing. I have no idea where that came from.

It does say that multiple times:

> It is believed that some of the crowd control devices are capable of emitting electric shocks in a bid to neutralise any perceived threat...

> The control weapons, which potentially have the ability to shock people, have been part of the training...

> Amnesty added that it has information that more than 200 shock capturing forks were sold to the Linhe District Public Security Bureau back in 2014.

The second sentence of the article says: "It is believed that some of the crowd control devices are capable of emitting electric shocks in a bid to neutralise any perceived threat."

It kinda implies these devices could deliver an electric shock without actually stating so..

The sub-title suggests this "Amnesty International has criticised the use of the "electric shock capturing fork" against protesters".

also in the text

"It is believed ... some .. devices are capable of emitting electric shocks... "

It's a strange way to write an article. Unless you are doing it for the clicks.

.. also feeling silly .. I had imagined the fork to be so giant it would at least require some sort of militarily actuated forklift if not a small crane .. and more prongs, way more than the regular old 4 or 5 ..