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Hong Kong's First aider charged with rioting for possessing radio communication device in Anti-ELAB Protests

On December 28, 2020, the District Maginstrates in Hong Kong cleared six people of rioting charges during an #antiELAB protests in Causeway Bay on August 31, 2019, but convicted one man of rioting after noting that he had tried to run away from the police.

Handing down the not-guilty verdicts, judge Frankie Yiu said although the six defendants had been wearing similar outfits to the rioters at the scene, the prosecution had failed to prove their involvement beyond all reasonable doubt.

However, Chan Cho-ho, aged 24, was convicted of rioting and possessing radio communication devices without a licence. Yiu said Chan was equipped with full protest gear and had attempted to run away from the police, while his companion had also tried to attack officers as they fled.

According to thr judge, it was "unacceptable" of Chan to try to defend himself by saying he was at the scene of the riot as a first-aider. Chan was remanded in custody until sentencing next month.

Source: Stand News; RTHK #Dec28

https://www.thestandnews.com/court/8-31-%E9%8A%85%E9%91%BC%E7%81%A3%E8%A1%9D%E7%AA%81-7%E4%BA%BA%E8%A2%AB%E6%8E%A7%E6%9A%B4%E5%8B%95-1%E4%BA%BA%E7%BD%AA%E6%88%90-6%E4%BA%BA%E7%BD%AA%E5%90%8D%E4%B8%8D%E6%88%90%E7%AB%8B/

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