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Facing 38 to 40 months in jail, Pro-democracy citizen: I am "honored to be born a Hongkonger"
On January 15, 2022, the District Court in Hong Kong sentenced seven pro-democracy citizens to up to three years and four months in jail. In the same case, two citizens who are under 20 years old are sent to an education center.
All of them were arrested on the street of Kowloon on November 18, 2019, and were convicted of "rioting" near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU) in November 2019. During the police siege of the university campus, thousands of pro-democracy Hongkongers tried to help the entrapped protesters, students, and civilians to escape.
During the trial, the defence counsel recited a letter written by one of the defendants, 24-year-old Tang Kam-Lok. In his letter, Tang cited the French-Algerian author and 1958 Nobel Prize laureate Albert Camus:
"Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself."
Tam expressed his belonging to Hong Kong and realised how special Hong Kong was during his studies in the UK. Tam said he is "honored to be born a Hongkonger" and hopes to return "like a phoenix".
After the sentence, families and friends shout in the direction of the defendents, "hang on!" "love you!"
Source: InMediaHK.Net #Jan15
https://bit.ly/3qqOrFA
#Conscience #NeverForget #Phoenix #AlbertCamus #Hongkonger #PolyUSiege
Facing 38 to 40 months in jail, Pro-democracy citizen: I am "honored to be born a Hongkonger"
On January 15, 2022, the District Court in Hong Kong sentenced seven pro-democracy citizens to up to three years and four months in jail. In the same case, two citizens who are under 20 years old are sent to an education center.
All of them were arrested on the street of Kowloon on November 18, 2019, and were convicted of "rioting" near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU) in November 2019. During the police siege of the university campus, thousands of pro-democracy Hongkongers tried to help the entrapped protesters, students, and civilians to escape.
During the trial, the defence counsel recited a letter written by one of the defendants, 24-year-old Tang Kam-Lok. In his letter, Tang cited the French-Algerian author and 1958 Nobel Prize laureate Albert Camus:
"Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself."
Tam expressed his belonging to Hong Kong and realised how special Hong Kong was during his studies in the UK. Tam said he is "honored to be born a Hongkonger" and hopes to return "like a phoenix".
After the sentence, families and friends shout in the direction of the defendents, "hang on!" "love you!"
Source: InMediaHK.Net #Jan15
https://bit.ly/3qqOrFA
#Conscience #NeverForget #Phoenix #AlbertCamus #Hongkonger #PolyUSiege
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【獨媒報導】前年11月18日「理大圍城」，大批示威者響應號召前往理大附近一帶，9人在警方驅散期間於現場遭拘捕，早前全被裁定暴動罪成，其中兩人另被裁定管有攻擊性武器成立，還柙至今日（15日）於區域法院判刑。法官林偉權判兩名現年20歲的青年入教導所，其餘7名男女則分別判監禁3年2個月至3年4個月。散庭後，親友紛紛向被告大叫：「撐住呀！」、「愛你