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First Anti-ELAB Protester Sentenced to 4 Years in Jail After Pleading Guilty to Riot Charges
On 12 June 2019, citizens surrounded the Legislative Council building in Admiralty to stop the second reading of the extradition bill from resuming. It later turned into a conflict between the police and citizens. A 22-year-old lifeguard, surnamed Sin, pled guilty to his riot charges in the district court, making him the first of the protesters to do so. Judge Amanda Jane Woodcock sentenced him to 4 years in jail.
As of May 14, police has arrested at least 8,300 citizens since the city-wide pro-democracy movement started in June 2019. Among them, 1,600 arrestees have been prosecuted. Meanwhile, many condemned the police for conducting arbitrary mass arrest and abusing the detainees. For instance, police arrested 286 citizens outside Sogo Department Store after calling off the New Year's Day March on Jan 1, 2020, but prosecuted no one so far.
Soruce: Stand News; RTHK; Now News #May15 #Sentence #HKProtests
First Anti-ELAB Protester Sentenced to 4 Years in Jail After Pleading Guilty to Riot Charges
On 12 June 2019, citizens surrounded the Legislative Council building in Admiralty to stop the second reading of the extradition bill from resuming. It later turned into a conflict between the police and citizens. A 22-year-old lifeguard, surnamed Sin, pled guilty to his riot charges in the district court, making him the first of the protesters to do so. Judge Amanda Jane Woodcock sentenced him to 4 years in jail.
As of May 14, police has arrested at least 8,300 citizens since the city-wide pro-democracy movement started in June 2019. Among them, 1,600 arrestees have been prosecuted. Meanwhile, many condemned the police for conducting arbitrary mass arrest and abusing the detainees. For instance, police arrested 286 citizens outside Sogo Department Store after calling off the New Year's Day March on Jan 1, 2020, but prosecuted no one so far.
Soruce: Stand News; RTHK; Now News #May15 #Sentence #HKProtests
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You Are Not Alone: Hong Kongers Give Solidarity to Incarcerated Protester
Citizens showed support for 22-year-old Sin who was sentenced to 4 years in jail for rioting on June 12, 2019. Citizens chanted "There is no rioter, only tyranny" and "Five Demands Not One Less" at the vehicle Sin was riding.
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Source: RTHK #May15
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You Are Not Alone: Hong Kongers Give Solidarity to Incarcerated Protester
Citizens showed support for 22-year-old Sin who was sentenced to 4 years in jail for rioting on June 12, 2019. Citizens chanted "There is no rioter, only tyranny" and "Five Demands Not One Less" at the vehicle Sin was riding.
Read Full Story:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20767
Source: RTHK #May15
#RiotingCharge #Sentence
23 Year Old Student Sentenced to 12 Months Imprisonment
During Halloween last year, the second mensiversary of 831 Prince Edward attack, the public gathered to demand for a thorough investigation and protest against the anti-mask bill.
A 23-year-old student previously pled guilty to Possession of offensive weapon in public place on that day. On 18 May, he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment from the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts.
Background reports showed that the suspect revealed he plans to continue participating in protests after his sentence, thereofre, he was deemed unrepentent and considered as antisocial personality disorder. The defense objected, arguing the probation officer is not a psychological or psychiatric professional and thus that characterisation should not be accepted in court.
Source: InMedia HK #May20
#RuleOfLaw #Sentence
During Halloween last year, the second mensiversary of 831 Prince Edward attack, the public gathered to demand for a thorough investigation and protest against the anti-mask bill.
A 23-year-old student previously pled guilty to Possession of offensive weapon in public place on that day. On 18 May, he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment from the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts.
Background reports showed that the suspect revealed he plans to continue participating in protests after his sentence, thereofre, he was deemed unrepentent and considered as antisocial personality disorder. The defense objected, arguing the probation officer is not a psychological or psychiatric professional and thus that characterisation should not be accepted in court.
Source: InMedia HK #May20
#RuleOfLaw #Sentence
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HK Gov't Files Review, Court Increases Sentence of Civilian Charged with "Unlawful Assembly" from 2 Weeks to 7 Months
An assistant to the Board of Director of a trade company who allegedly helped to move the crowd control barrier when he passed by the protest site at Admiralty on June 12, 2019. The 34-year-old man was charged with joining an "unlawful assembly".
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two weeks in jail at the Eastern Magistrates' Courts in June 2020.
The Department of Justice (#DoJ) applied for a sentence review. Athough it was overruled by the magistrate, the DoJ continued to bring up the case to the Court of Appeal for review.
The Court of Appeal ruled that the original magistrate Lam Tze-kan was "wrong in principle", citing that the "sentence was apparently too light". The sentence was increased from 2 weeks to 7 months. The court said written reasons for the decision will be given later.
Source: Stand News #Nov23
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HK Gov't Files Review, Court Increases Sentence of Civilian Charged with "Unlawful Assembly" from 2 Weeks to 7 Months
An assistant to the Board of Director of a trade company who allegedly helped to move the crowd control barrier when he passed by the protest site at Admiralty on June 12, 2019. The 34-year-old man was charged with joining an "unlawful assembly".
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two weeks in jail at the Eastern Magistrates' Courts in June 2020.
The Department of Justice (#DoJ) applied for a sentence review. Athough it was overruled by the magistrate, the DoJ continued to bring up the case to the Court of Appeal for review.
The Court of Appeal ruled that the original magistrate Lam Tze-kan was "wrong in principle", citing that the "sentence was apparently too light". The sentence was increased from 2 weeks to 7 months. The court said written reasons for the decision will be given later.
Source: Stand News #Nov23
#PoliceState #Sentence #CourtofAppeal
#Court #Hongkonger
23-year-old female pro-democracy student sentenced to 38 months behind bars: "This is the path I must take, a responsibility I must bear"
In Hong Kong, 23-year-old female student Yeung Wing-yu recently admitted to possessing more than 100 molotov cocktails during the Anti-Extradition Law movement in 2019. She was sentenced to three years and two months in prison on April 30, 2021.
In her hand-written petition letter to the court, she mentioned that the more she sought knowledge, the more she felt that society was full of injustice and in the end, she committed the crime in this case.
She also said, "the greatest loss to our current society, is the loss of trust". She wrote that she is filled with guilt for worrying her family during her time in custody. She also said that she would not ask the court for a lighter sentence, since it is understood that a long prison sentence was inevitable and "this is the path I must take, a responsibility I must bear".
The letter concludes with a message of encouragement to all those who walked on the same path, "There are already enough people in confinement, so please take care, protect yourself and do your best to survive! I'll be waiting to receive all your letters inside."
Source: Apple Daily; Stand News #April30
https://bit.ly/3vwA7eg
https://bit.ly/3aR5kks
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23-year-old female pro-democracy student sentenced to 38 months behind bars: "This is the path I must take, a responsibility I must bear"
In Hong Kong, 23-year-old female student Yeung Wing-yu recently admitted to possessing more than 100 molotov cocktails during the Anti-Extradition Law movement in 2019. She was sentenced to three years and two months in prison on April 30, 2021.
In her hand-written petition letter to the court, she mentioned that the more she sought knowledge, the more she felt that society was full of injustice and in the end, she committed the crime in this case.
She also said, "the greatest loss to our current society, is the loss of trust". She wrote that she is filled with guilt for worrying her family during her time in custody. She also said that she would not ask the court for a lighter sentence, since it is understood that a long prison sentence was inevitable and "this is the path I must take, a responsibility I must bear".
The letter concludes with a message of encouragement to all those who walked on the same path, "There are already enough people in confinement, so please take care, protect yourself and do your best to survive! I'll be waiting to receive all your letters inside."
Source: Apple Daily; Stand News #April30
https://bit.ly/3vwA7eg
https://bit.ly/3aR5kks
#Sentence #PetrolBomb #Path #Petition #NeverForget
#PoliticalProsecution #Injustice
Hong Kong #Court Sends More Pro-demoracy Activists to Jail: At Least 20 Months for Jimmy Lai and 22 Months for '#LongHair'
Ten Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians and activists were sentenced to jail for 14 to 18 months on May 28, 2021, after the court convicted them of organizing and joining an "unauthorised protest" on October 1, 2019, which was the national day of the People's Republic of China. Back then, the participating pro-democracy ptotesters described the day as the "#NationalMourningDay".
District Court judge Amanda Woodcock claimed that the defendants' wish for a peaceful protest is "naive" and "unrealistic".
Former legislators #AlbertHo, #LeeCheukYan and 'Long Hair' #LeungKwokHung and Civil Human Rights Front (#CHRF) convenor #FigoChan received a 18-month jail term.
AppleDaily founder #JimmyLai, former legislators #CydHo and #YeungSum, and former League of Social Democrats (#LSD) chairman #AveryNg were sentenced to 14 months in jail.
Only former legislator #SinChungKai and activist #RichardTsoi received suspended jail terms.
With their existing prison terms from other cases, Jimmy Lai and Lee Cheuk-yan are currently serving 20 months in prison in total while that of Leung Kwok-hung has accumulated to 22 months at the moment.
In the courtroom, some pro-democracy supporters chanted "fight on". From the defendants' seats, Leung Kwok-hung called out "Remember June 4th [Tiananmen Massacre]", while Figo Chan shout "mourn on June 4, speak out on July 1".
Source: Stand News #May26
https://bit.ly/3yL3FqT
#PoliticalPrisoner #Sentence #PoliceState #June4 #TiananmenMassacre #NationalDay
Hong Kong #Court Sends More Pro-demoracy Activists to Jail: At Least 20 Months for Jimmy Lai and 22 Months for '#LongHair'
Ten Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians and activists were sentenced to jail for 14 to 18 months on May 28, 2021, after the court convicted them of organizing and joining an "unauthorised protest" on October 1, 2019, which was the national day of the People's Republic of China. Back then, the participating pro-democracy ptotesters described the day as the "#NationalMourningDay".
District Court judge Amanda Woodcock claimed that the defendants' wish for a peaceful protest is "naive" and "unrealistic".
Former legislators #AlbertHo, #LeeCheukYan and 'Long Hair' #LeungKwokHung and Civil Human Rights Front (#CHRF) convenor #FigoChan received a 18-month jail term.
AppleDaily founder #JimmyLai, former legislators #CydHo and #YeungSum, and former League of Social Democrats (#LSD) chairman #AveryNg were sentenced to 14 months in jail.
Only former legislator #SinChungKai and activist #RichardTsoi received suspended jail terms.
With their existing prison terms from other cases, Jimmy Lai and Lee Cheuk-yan are currently serving 20 months in prison in total while that of Leung Kwok-hung has accumulated to 22 months at the moment.
In the courtroom, some pro-democracy supporters chanted "fight on". From the defendants' seats, Leung Kwok-hung called out "Remember June 4th [Tiananmen Massacre]", while Figo Chan shout "mourn on June 4, speak out on July 1".
Source: Stand News #May26
https://bit.ly/3yL3FqT
#PoliticalPrisoner #Sentence #PoliceState #June4 #TiananmenMassacre #NationalDay