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.
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..
.. 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 ..
Edit: This was an unfounded question, see below.