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HK Secretary for Justice Intervenes Private Prosecution
At Least Twice in Private Prosecution Against Police and Driver
Source: Stand News #Aug19
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HK Secretary for Justice Intervenes Private Prosecution
At Least Twice in Private Prosecution Against Police and Driver
Source: Stand News #Aug19
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HK Secretary for Justice Intervenes Private Prosecution
At Least Twice in Private Prosecution Against Police and Driver
The Department of Justice had earlier stated to Hong Kong's court its wishes to intervene in the Sai Wan Ho shooting incident, demanding the justices to annul the court summons issued to the involved police officer who was sued for shooting a young student with live rounds on November 12, 2019 in Sai Wan Ho.
Another intervention took place afterwards, as the Department of Justice, likewise, stated to the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts of its wishes of intervening and annulling the private prosecution issued to a driver, who was involved in driving into pro-democracy protesters and severely wounding the crowd in Sham Shui Po on October 6, 2019.
Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng had stated earlier in her blog that although private prosecutions are an important part of the common law system, the system is susceptible to abuse, claiming that, "We should not tolerate private prosecutions on such trivial incidents and factless rumours, or private prosecutions of malicious intent and those based on political factors."
Both private prosecutions were raised by pro-democracy lawmaker Ted Hui. As of August 24, the request of the Secretary for Justice was formalized in court.
Source: Stand News #Aug19
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HK Secretary for Justice Intervenes Private Prosecution
At Least Twice in Private Prosecution Against Police and Driver
The Department of Justice had earlier stated to Hong Kong's court its wishes to intervene in the Sai Wan Ho shooting incident, demanding the justices to annul the court summons issued to the involved police officer who was sued for shooting a young student with live rounds on November 12, 2019 in Sai Wan Ho.
Another intervention took place afterwards, as the Department of Justice, likewise, stated to the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts of its wishes of intervening and annulling the private prosecution issued to a driver, who was involved in driving into pro-democracy protesters and severely wounding the crowd in Sham Shui Po on October 6, 2019.
Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng had stated earlier in her blog that although private prosecutions are an important part of the common law system, the system is susceptible to abuse, claiming that, "We should not tolerate private prosecutions on such trivial incidents and factless rumours, or private prosecutions of malicious intent and those based on political factors."
Both private prosecutions were raised by pro-democracy lawmaker Ted Hui. As of August 24, the request of the Secretary for Justice was formalized in court.
Source: Stand News #Aug19
https://bit.ly/3lcl4lQ
#TeresaCheng #TedHui
#Injustice #Court #JudicialIndepedence #TeresaCheng
HK Secretary for Justice Intervenes Private Prosecution Against Pro-government driver, allowing defendant lawyer to recoup legal fee from pro-democratic lawmaker
Source: Stand News #Aug20 #Aug24
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HK Secretary for Justice Intervenes Private Prosecution Against Pro-government driver, allowing defendant lawyer to recoup legal fee from pro-democratic lawmaker
Source: Stand News #Aug20 #Aug24
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HK Secretary for Justice Intervenes Private Prosecution Against Pro-government driver, allowing defendant lawyer to recoup legal fee from pro-democratic lawmaker
Democratic Party lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung initiated a private prosecution in February against Henry Cheng Kwok-chun, a driver who rammed his car into a crowd of pro-democracy protesters and severely wounding at least one young woman in 2019.
On August 20, 2020, it was revealed that Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng had taken the rare step of intervening in the case, informing Hui that the Department of Justice would exercise its power to end the case and that the defendant Cheng would be exempted from testifying in court.
Subsequently, the law firm representing Cheng wrote to Hui’s lawyer in bid of seeking HK$82,000 to cover its expenses. The law firm representing the defendant, K.C Ho & Fong, has Beijing loyalist Junius Ho Kwan-yiu as a senior partner. The litigation fees include lawyer’s fee for Junius Ho at HK$9,400 per hour, stating the reason that “the summons should never have been taken out by the applicant at all”.
Disapproving the claim and the Secretary for Justice’s intervention, Hui called it absurd, pointing out that the authorities are attempting to frame this private prosecution as a trivial act with malicious intention. Hui believes that any sensible person could see the reasonable doubt in Cheng purposefully driving his car into the crowd.
As of August 24, the request of the Secretary for Justice was formalized in court.
Source: Stand News #Aug20 #Aug24
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HK Secretary for Justice Intervenes Private Prosecution Against Pro-government driver, allowing defendant lawyer to recoup legal fee from pro-democratic lawmaker
Democratic Party lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung initiated a private prosecution in February against Henry Cheng Kwok-chun, a driver who rammed his car into a crowd of pro-democracy protesters and severely wounding at least one young woman in 2019.
On August 20, 2020, it was revealed that Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng had taken the rare step of intervening in the case, informing Hui that the Department of Justice would exercise its power to end the case and that the defendant Cheng would be exempted from testifying in court.
Subsequently, the law firm representing Cheng wrote to Hui’s lawyer in bid of seeking HK$82,000 to cover its expenses. The law firm representing the defendant, K.C Ho & Fong, has Beijing loyalist Junius Ho Kwan-yiu as a senior partner. The litigation fees include lawyer’s fee for Junius Ho at HK$9,400 per hour, stating the reason that “the summons should never have been taken out by the applicant at all”.
Disapproving the claim and the Secretary for Justice’s intervention, Hui called it absurd, pointing out that the authorities are attempting to frame this private prosecution as a trivial act with malicious intention. Hui believes that any sensible person could see the reasonable doubt in Cheng purposefully driving his car into the crowd.
As of August 24, the request of the Secretary for Justice was formalized in court.
Source: Stand News #Aug20 #Aug24
https://bit.ly/2E0xlZT
https://bit.ly/3aQEzvr
#PoliceState #PoliceBrutality #FailedState #TedHui #JuniusHo