#Court
First riot trial ends in acquittal
For an event on 1 Oct 2019, 20-year-old student Lam Tsz-ho was charged with riot.
Judge Sham Siu-man suggested that he could not accept the testimonies of the two police officers because they lack credibility. The two officers did not mention a fire truck in the middle of the road, yet they remembered the defendant for not wearing a helmet. Judge Sham suggested that this was unreasonable.
Lam was found not guilty and he was acquitted with his riot charges.
Source: Stand News
#Jun2 #Riot #PoliceState
First riot trial ends in acquittal
For an event on 1 Oct 2019, 20-year-old student Lam Tsz-ho was charged with riot.
Judge Sham Siu-man suggested that he could not accept the testimonies of the two police officers because they lack credibility. The two officers did not mention a fire truck in the middle of the road, yet they remembered the defendant for not wearing a helmet. Judge Sham suggested that this was unreasonable.
Lam was found not guilty and he was acquitted with his riot charges.
Source: Stand News
#Jun2 #Riot #PoliceState
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#OpinionArticle #FrankieFung
The press faces riot charge, the Department of Justice takes the lead to murder the Fourth Estate
(10 Jun) Twelve citizens were charged for rioting for storming into the legco complex on July 1 2020. Among them is a journalist from the City University press. This is the first time for a journalist to be charged rioting for reporting.
Throughout the whole year of resistance, journalists, despite in grave danger, strenuously fulfil their responsibilities and report the truths. These journalists have the right granted by the Law, to execute their work and duty of monitoring the government and administration. And now the press has to face a charge with 5 years of jail or more. And the journalist from CityU Press, faces the riot charge, simply because his fingerprint was found on a Basic law copy in the Legco.
The DoJ ‘s intention is crystal clear. It intends to use the most severe charge to destroy the voices and people who still endeavour to use their hands and eyes to monitor and judge the government. Today, reporting within the legco means rioting, and tomorrow reporting any rally will also be equivalent to rioting. And the definition of rioting is arbitrarily decided by the Government and party. In the future, there will only be Ta Kung Pao, and wenweipo, etc and other state media, who will only praise the CCP.
With the imminent National Security Law, I, myself as a media worker, will never surrender. I hope all the Hongkonges, will continues to stay true to speak the truth, and let the world knows.
The regime rules by fear, so that everybody censors themselves. We will not let that happen.
Note: Ma Kai-Chung, a coordinator and reporter of local news platform Passion Times, is also charged with Rioting. We oppose to any suppression from the regime against any journalist and his/her reporting, regardless of the background of the journalist, and the stance of news media company he/she works for.
Source: Frankie Fung Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/frankiefung.hk/photos/a.429607797568506/844339076095374/
#71Incident #FreedomOfPress #Riot #Censorship #RuleOfLaw #PoliceState
The press faces riot charge, the Department of Justice takes the lead to murder the Fourth Estate
(10 Jun) Twelve citizens were charged for rioting for storming into the legco complex on July 1 2020. Among them is a journalist from the City University press. This is the first time for a journalist to be charged rioting for reporting.
Throughout the whole year of resistance, journalists, despite in grave danger, strenuously fulfil their responsibilities and report the truths. These journalists have the right granted by the Law, to execute their work and duty of monitoring the government and administration. And now the press has to face a charge with 5 years of jail or more. And the journalist from CityU Press, faces the riot charge, simply because his fingerprint was found on a Basic law copy in the Legco.
The DoJ ‘s intention is crystal clear. It intends to use the most severe charge to destroy the voices and people who still endeavour to use their hands and eyes to monitor and judge the government. Today, reporting within the legco means rioting, and tomorrow reporting any rally will also be equivalent to rioting. And the definition of rioting is arbitrarily decided by the Government and party. In the future, there will only be Ta Kung Pao, and wenweipo, etc and other state media, who will only praise the CCP.
With the imminent National Security Law, I, myself as a media worker, will never surrender. I hope all the Hongkonges, will continues to stay true to speak the truth, and let the world knows.
The regime rules by fear, so that everybody censors themselves. We will not let that happen.
Note: Ma Kai-Chung, a coordinator and reporter of local news platform Passion Times, is also charged with Rioting. We oppose to any suppression from the regime against any journalist and his/her reporting, regardless of the background of the journalist, and the stance of news media company he/she works for.
Source: Frankie Fung Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/frankiefung.hk/photos/a.429607797568506/844339076095374/
#71Incident #FreedomOfPress #Riot #Censorship #RuleOfLaw #PoliceState
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記者被控暴動罪 律政司帶頭謀殺傳媒第四權 有12位闖入立法會手足今被加控暴動罪，當中包括城大編委記者。這是香港第一次有記者因採訪而被告暴動。 過去一年抗爭，記者不惜身陷槍林彈雨，只為報導真相，盡忠職守。記者行使法律賦予的新聞自由，行使第四權監察政府，竟要面對五年以上的刑期。而城大編委記者被控暴動罪，僅因警方於立法會中的基本法上搜到其指紋。...
#Court Changes the Charge of 12 Pro-democracy Protesters including Actor Gregory Wong
to Rioting
On July 1, 2019, pro-democracy protesters entered the Legislative Council chamber to voice t
Activist Ventus Lau and actor Gregory Wong were among those who were charged with "entering or attempting to enter the Chamber or the precincts of the Chamber". On June 9, the court suddenly changed their charges to rioting. This means that the maximum sentence they will face jumped from 3 months to 10 years.
When they were mentioned in court on June 10, about 50 citizens showed support outside the court.
Before entering the court, Lau said, apart from the 12 protesters being charged in the incident on July 1 2019, the other 600 protestors facing rioting charges need equal attention. "Say if one coach bus takes 100 passengers, that means there are 6 full loaded coaches of people who are facing up to 10 years in jail.They bet their future on this fight just to speak out for Hong Kongers".
"On this day which marks the one year anniversary of Hong Kong's movement, we need to keep the our five demands in mind, especially the 'retraction of characterisation of protests as rioting'", Lau added, "When you look at the 600+ civilians being charged with rioting, we can't afford to give up".
Actor Gregory Wong was also present in the court hearing. He described the change of charge as "white terror", and said he was already prepared to be charged from the moment he took part in the movement. Wong hopes that HongKongers can keeping fighting despite the government's suppression.
Among the supporters who showed up, a middle school student said he rushed to the court right after school. "The fact that they changed the charges to rioting on no other day but this anniversary day has made me realise that Hong Kongers have to persist in fighting, until the day Hong Kong become independent."
Source: Editorial Board, HSUSU #Jun10
#GregoryWong #VentusLau #LegCo #Riot
to Rioting
On July 1, 2019, pro-democracy protesters entered the Legislative Council chamber to voice t
Activist Ventus Lau and actor Gregory Wong were among those who were charged with "entering or attempting to enter the Chamber or the precincts of the Chamber". On June 9, the court suddenly changed their charges to rioting. This means that the maximum sentence they will face jumped from 3 months to 10 years.
When they were mentioned in court on June 10, about 50 citizens showed support outside the court.
Before entering the court, Lau said, apart from the 12 protesters being charged in the incident on July 1 2019, the other 600 protestors facing rioting charges need equal attention. "Say if one coach bus takes 100 passengers, that means there are 6 full loaded coaches of people who are facing up to 10 years in jail.They bet their future on this fight just to speak out for Hong Kongers".
"On this day which marks the one year anniversary of Hong Kong's movement, we need to keep the our five demands in mind, especially the 'retraction of characterisation of protests as rioting'", Lau added, "When you look at the 600+ civilians being charged with rioting, we can't afford to give up".
Actor Gregory Wong was also present in the court hearing. He described the change of charge as "white terror", and said he was already prepared to be charged from the moment he took part in the movement. Wong hopes that HongKongers can keeping fighting despite the government's suppression.
Among the supporters who showed up, a middle school student said he rushed to the court right after school. "The fact that they changed the charges to rioting on no other day but this anniversary day has made me realise that Hong Kongers have to persist in fighting, until the day Hong Kong become independent."
Source: Editorial Board, HSUSU #Jun10
#GregoryWong #VentusLau #LegCo #Riot
#Court #AntiELAB
Pro-democracy Engineer tells Hong Kong Court to "Return the Power to the Citizens"
Part 1:
[Editor's notes: On July 28, 2019, the police fired numerous #teargas canisters and #rubberbullets in #SheungWan in order to disperse the crowd. 44 people were arrested, 21 of them were charged for rioting. The Court extended the trial from November 13 to December 4, 2021.]
In Hong Kong, 20 civilians, including an 26-year old engineer who pleaded guilty earlier, were accused of the riot at the police-citizen conflict at #SheungWan on July 28, 2019.
On December 4, 2021, Kun Kit-Wang, a 26-year-old engineer, defended himself in court in Hong Kong over rioting charges in the 2019 AntiELAB Movement.
Kun pleaded guilty before the trial and was under detention since May when he revoked his bail.
In court, Kun thanked the magistrate for reminding him to find a legal representative in the previous trial, but he still hoped to defend himself.
Kun said that during the 2019 #AntiELABmovement, #July28 was nothing special originally, but because of the Police’s indulgence of the #July21 indiscriminate attack in #YuenLong, that night triggered the most anger from citizens, and resulted in much anger on the rally on July 28.
He used a quote from #MartinLutherKing, "Riot is a language of the unheard", saying that the #riot classification reflects the government’s negligence of the citizens' opinion.
As a result, he admitted to being part of the riot with no hesitation and indicated that the government should feel ashamed of their actions, not the citizens.
He said there were two #rallies with a million people on #Jun9 and #Jun16, 2019, demonstrating the vox populi. Although the peaceful demonstration gained international accreditation, the Hong Kong government still ignored the backlash and made the decision on their own.
He recalled a quote painted on the wall of the #LegCo chsmber on #Jul01, 2019, "It's you who taught me a peaceful rally can't change anything." It expresses the hopelessness, frustration and anger felt by #Hongkongers at the time.
As there had been magistrate that were unknowledgable concerning the protesters' demands, Kun said that the protesters only hoped for having a chance to participate in policy advocacy, which some regard as "returning the power to the people".
If the #HongKongLegCo does not gain authorisation of the people or does not have a peaceful system to resolve problems, it is suppression. #MaoZedong has said, "fight as there is suppression".
He also pointed out that the #ProvisionalLegislativeCouncil (#PLC) installed by the post-handover government in 1997 was not authorised by the citizens. The handpicked council revived the #PublicOrderOrdinance, which became the law behind the prosecution of many dissidents.
As a person bound by the law, he would like to ask, "do I have the responsibility to obey a contract that I disagree with to begin with?”
Continue with Part 2:
Source: Inmedia #Dec04
https://bit.ly/3ozeOIm
#Defence #PoliticalOppression
Pro-democracy Engineer tells Hong Kong Court to "Return the Power to the Citizens"
Part 1:
[Editor's notes: On July 28, 2019, the police fired numerous #teargas canisters and #rubberbullets in #SheungWan in order to disperse the crowd. 44 people were arrested, 21 of them were charged for rioting. The Court extended the trial from November 13 to December 4, 2021.]
In Hong Kong, 20 civilians, including an 26-year old engineer who pleaded guilty earlier, were accused of the riot at the police-citizen conflict at #SheungWan on July 28, 2019.
On December 4, 2021, Kun Kit-Wang, a 26-year-old engineer, defended himself in court in Hong Kong over rioting charges in the 2019 AntiELAB Movement.
Kun pleaded guilty before the trial and was under detention since May when he revoked his bail.
In court, Kun thanked the magistrate for reminding him to find a legal representative in the previous trial, but he still hoped to defend himself.
Kun said that during the 2019 #AntiELABmovement, #July28 was nothing special originally, but because of the Police’s indulgence of the #July21 indiscriminate attack in #YuenLong, that night triggered the most anger from citizens, and resulted in much anger on the rally on July 28.
He used a quote from #MartinLutherKing, "Riot is a language of the unheard", saying that the #riot classification reflects the government’s negligence of the citizens' opinion.
As a result, he admitted to being part of the riot with no hesitation and indicated that the government should feel ashamed of their actions, not the citizens.
He said there were two #rallies with a million people on #Jun9 and #Jun16, 2019, demonstrating the vox populi. Although the peaceful demonstration gained international accreditation, the Hong Kong government still ignored the backlash and made the decision on their own.
He recalled a quote painted on the wall of the #LegCo chsmber on #Jul01, 2019, "It's you who taught me a peaceful rally can't change anything." It expresses the hopelessness, frustration and anger felt by #Hongkongers at the time.
As there had been magistrate that were unknowledgable concerning the protesters' demands, Kun said that the protesters only hoped for having a chance to participate in policy advocacy, which some regard as "returning the power to the people".
If the #HongKongLegCo does not gain authorisation of the people or does not have a peaceful system to resolve problems, it is suppression. #MaoZedong has said, "fight as there is suppression".
He also pointed out that the #ProvisionalLegislativeCouncil (#PLC) installed by the post-handover government in 1997 was not authorised by the citizens. The handpicked council revived the #PublicOrderOrdinance, which became the law behind the prosecution of many dissidents.
As a person bound by the law, he would like to ask, "do I have the responsibility to obey a contract that I disagree with to begin with?”
Continue with Part 2:
Source: Inmedia #Dec04
https://bit.ly/3ozeOIm
#Defence #PoliticalOppression
獨立媒體
7.28上環衝突 工程師親自陳情：直認暴動而不諱 倘社會民主被告不會出現於庭上 | 獨媒報導 | 獨立媒體
【獨媒報導】前年7月28日的上環警民衝突中，44人被控暴動罪，其中一宗涉24人的案件，20人暴動、襲警和管有無線電通訊器具罪成，連同另一名開審前已認罪的26歲工程師，押後至今早（4日）於區域法院（取用西九龍法院）作求情。工程師早前解聘律師，今親自在被告欄內讀出陳情書，表示「暴動」的定性正正是政府漠視民意，因此他亦會「直認暴動而不諱」。他又指
【Inside the Red Brick Wall】10 Defendants from the Round up at Yau Ma Tai convicted in Riot, Sentenced 50 - 52 Months in Prison
In November 2019, numerous citizens went to rescue the protesters from PolyU campus. 213 people were arrested at Yau Ma Tei, accused of rioting. 10 defendants, including independant singer Chong Zing, were convicted in Riot after trial. They went on the intercession and sentencing on the 7th Jan.
Judge Lam Wai Kuen Joseph considered 4 years and 9 months as the starting point of sentencing. Considering that they had no Criminal record, saved trial duration and their age at the scene, their imprisonment period was reduced to 50-52 months.
#AntiELAB #RedBrickWall #Riot
Source: Inmedia #Jan07
https://t.me/inmediahknet/23714
In November 2019, numerous citizens went to rescue the protesters from PolyU campus. 213 people were arrested at Yau Ma Tei, accused of rioting. 10 defendants, including independant singer Chong Zing, were convicted in Riot after trial. They went on the intercession and sentencing on the 7th Jan.
Judge Lam Wai Kuen Joseph considered 4 years and 9 months as the starting point of sentencing. Considering that they had no Criminal record, saved trial duration and their age at the scene, their imprisonment period was reduced to 50-52 months.
#AntiELAB #RedBrickWall #Riot
Source: Inmedia #Jan07
https://t.me/inmediahknet/23714