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Firefighter Charged with Illegal Assembly Remains in Custody in Hong Kong
During the police-civilian stand-off in one of the "shop with you" campaign Mongkok on 10 November 2019, a firefighter aged 33 and a banking employee aged 25 were arrested by the police. They were charged with assaulting the police, resisting arrest and possessing offensive weapons (including gas bomb). The two cases were mentioned in the court for the second time on 8 April, 2020.
The prosecution revised their terms of charges and added a count of illegal assembly. The prosecution requested the adjournment of hearing till 22 April and these two cases to be handled together with another case at the District Court.
For the moment, the firefighter and the banking employee are still in custody.
Source: InMedia #Apr8
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Firefighter Charged with Illegal Assembly Remains in Custody in Hong Kong
During the police-civilian stand-off in one of the "shop with you" campaign Mongkok on 10 November 2019, a firefighter aged 33 and a banking employee aged 25 were arrested by the police. They were charged with assaulting the police, resisting arrest and possessing offensive weapons (including gas bomb). The two cases were mentioned in the court for the second time on 8 April, 2020.
The prosecution revised their terms of charges and added a count of illegal assembly. The prosecution requested the adjournment of hearing till 22 April and these two cases to be handled together with another case at the District Court.
For the moment, the firefighter and the banking employee are still in custody.
Source: InMedia #Apr8
#Fireman