#Court #RulebyLaw
Catch-22: Authority Rejects Reference Books Sent to Activist Lawyer Detained for Subversion, Due to Content about Subversion
Tonyee #ChowHangTung, the former vice-chairperson of Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (#HKASPDMC), is in detention on charges of inciting subversion of state power. A lawyer by trade, she intends to represent herself in her upcoming trial, and is preparing her own defense while in custody.
In an article on her Patreon published on October 23, she mentioned that her relatives and friends recently tried to send books about the late activist Szeto Wah and the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989, but the Hong Kong Correctional Services (#HKCS) rejected them.
(Editor's note: Szeto Wah was the founder of the Hong Kong Alliance (#HKA) and was one of the most influential activists in Hong Kong who worked for decades to establish, preserve and protect Hong Kong people's democratic institutions, freedom and human rights.)
One of the books, she quoted an HKCS staff, "mentions behaviours of subverting state power". The decision could not be appealed, the staff added.
Chow questions whether the HKCS had assumed the role of the judge, making a fair trial impossible. The books are reference materials for her to prepare for her own defense in the trial, she said.
"If I can't have access to information about the Alliance and the June 4th incident, I would have no chance to find evidence to refute these accusations."
The Correctional Services have set up a perfect catch-22, she said of the arrangement. "This would guarantee the prosecution a win."
Source: Stand News #Oct23
https://thestandnews.page.link/Xwr8mUcpXtD6Q2MGA
#TonyeeChow #NSL #PrisonerRights #HongKongAlliance #HKASPDMC #June4th #TiananmenMassacre #SzetoWah
Catch-22: Authority Rejects Reference Books Sent to Activist Lawyer Detained for Subversion, Due to Content about Subversion
Tonyee #ChowHangTung, the former vice-chairperson of Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (#HKASPDMC), is in detention on charges of inciting subversion of state power. A lawyer by trade, she intends to represent herself in her upcoming trial, and is preparing her own defense while in custody.
In an article on her Patreon published on October 23, she mentioned that her relatives and friends recently tried to send books about the late activist Szeto Wah and the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989, but the Hong Kong Correctional Services (#HKCS) rejected them.
(Editor's note: Szeto Wah was the founder of the Hong Kong Alliance (#HKA) and was one of the most influential activists in Hong Kong who worked for decades to establish, preserve and protect Hong Kong people's democratic institutions, freedom and human rights.)
One of the books, she quoted an HKCS staff, "mentions behaviours of subverting state power". The decision could not be appealed, the staff added.
Chow questions whether the HKCS had assumed the role of the judge, making a fair trial impossible. The books are reference materials for her to prepare for her own defense in the trial, she said.
"If I can't have access to information about the Alliance and the June 4th incident, I would have no chance to find evidence to refute these accusations."
The Correctional Services have set up a perfect catch-22, she said of the arrangement. "This would guarantee the prosecution a win."
Source: Stand News #Oct23
https://thestandnews.page.link/Xwr8mUcpXtD6Q2MGA
#TonyeeChow #NSL #PrisonerRights #HongKongAlliance #HKASPDMC #June4th #TiananmenMassacre #SzetoWah
Government Removes #HongKongAlliance from Company Registry, Accuses Subversion of State Power
#NSL #NationalSecurityLaw #SubversionStatePower #CCP #CarrieLam #HongKongAllianceinSupportofPatrioticDemocraticMovementsofChina
Source: Stand News; #Oct26
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Source: Stand News; #Oct26
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Government Removes #HongKongAlliance from Company Registry, Accuses Subversion of State Power
The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which for 32 years had continuously fought to demand accountability for the 1989 June 4th Tiananmen Massacre in Beijing and supported the Chinese democracy movement, had been accused of incitement of subverting state power, and formally disbanded last month.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the Executive Council ordered the Companies Registry to unlist the organisation from the record on October 26.
According to a government press release, Carrie Lam believed the organisation's operation aimed to end the CCP's rule in China, which the government equates to overthrowing the fundamental system in the Chinese Constitution, thus classifying it as subverting state power.
Lee Ka-Chiu: "Ending One-Party Dictatorship Equals to Subversion"
John Lee Ka-chiu, Chief Secretary for Administration, said that the organisation continuously promotes the goal of "end one-party dictatorship".
Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the Executive Council had concluded that the meaning behind this goal is equivalent to ending the CCP's leadership.
Lee also indicated the decision was not related to the incitement of subversion charges against the organisation's committees members, and that the court trial would not be affected by other factors.
#NSL #NationalSecurityLaw #SubversionStatePower #CCP #CarrieLam #HongKongAllianceinSupportofPatrioticDemocraticMovementsofChina
Source: Stand News #Oct26
https://thestandnews.page.link/asKVYG4WX7jikuh97
https://thestandnews.page.link/fEM92BWpLSHyKqhc8
The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which for 32 years had continuously fought to demand accountability for the 1989 June 4th Tiananmen Massacre in Beijing and supported the Chinese democracy movement, had been accused of incitement of subverting state power, and formally disbanded last month.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the Executive Council ordered the Companies Registry to unlist the organisation from the record on October 26.
According to a government press release, Carrie Lam believed the organisation's operation aimed to end the CCP's rule in China, which the government equates to overthrowing the fundamental system in the Chinese Constitution, thus classifying it as subverting state power.
Lee Ka-Chiu: "Ending One-Party Dictatorship Equals to Subversion"
John Lee Ka-chiu, Chief Secretary for Administration, said that the organisation continuously promotes the goal of "end one-party dictatorship".
Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the Executive Council had concluded that the meaning behind this goal is equivalent to ending the CCP's leadership.
Lee also indicated the decision was not related to the incitement of subversion charges against the organisation's committees members, and that the court trial would not be affected by other factors.
#NSL #NationalSecurityLaw #SubversionStatePower #CCP #CarrieLam #HongKongAllianceinSupportofPatrioticDemocraticMovementsofChina
Source: Stand News #Oct26
https://thestandnews.page.link/asKVYG4WX7jikuh97
https://thestandnews.page.link/fEM92BWpLSHyKqhc8
#Court
Jimmy Lai and 7 democrats jailed for involvement in banned Tiananmen Massacre Vigil
A Hong Kong court has sentenced eight democrats to jail for organising, taking part in, or inciting others to participate in the #TiananmenMassacre #vigil in 2020.
Former leaders of the now-defunct #HongKongAlliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China – including chairperson #Lee CheukYan, vice-chairperson #ChowHangTung, executive committee member #SimonLeung, as well as liquidator #RichardTsoi – were among the eight defendants. The other defendants were Hong Kong media tycoon #JimmyLai, former lawmakers #LeungYiuChung and #WuChiWai, and activist #GwynethHo.
Each of the defendants was handed jail terms of between four months and two weeks and 14 months for the various charges – all will serve their sentences concurrently.
The judge insisted on the need for “deterrent” sentences, accusing the defendants of “wrongly and arrogantly” thought that the purpose of the commemoration was “more important than protecting the community [from pandemic]”.
#ErasingHistory #PoliticalOppression #WhiteTerror
Source: Inmediahk.net; #Dec13
https://bit.ly/3yks32U
Jimmy Lai and 7 democrats jailed for involvement in banned Tiananmen Massacre Vigil
A Hong Kong court has sentenced eight democrats to jail for organising, taking part in, or inciting others to participate in the #TiananmenMassacre #vigil in 2020.
Former leaders of the now-defunct #HongKongAlliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China – including chairperson #Lee CheukYan, vice-chairperson #ChowHangTung, executive committee member #SimonLeung, as well as liquidator #RichardTsoi – were among the eight defendants. The other defendants were Hong Kong media tycoon #JimmyLai, former lawmakers #LeungYiuChung and #WuChiWai, and activist #GwynethHo.
Each of the defendants was handed jail terms of between four months and two weeks and 14 months for the various charges – all will serve their sentences concurrently.
The judge insisted on the need for “deterrent” sentences, accusing the defendants of “wrongly and arrogantly” thought that the purpose of the commemoration was “more important than protecting the community [from pandemic]”.
#ErasingHistory #PoliticalOppression #WhiteTerror
Source: Inmediahk.net; #Dec13
https://bit.ly/3yks32U
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六四31年集會案 八人判囚4.5至14個月 | 獨媒報導 | 獨立媒體
【獨媒報導】去年六四31週年，維園燭光晚會首度遭警方禁止，已解散的支聯會前主席李卓人、前秘書蔡耀昌、前常委梁耀忠、梁錦威和胡志偉開審前承認煽惑及參與未經批准集結等罪。前副主席鄒幸彤、壹傳媒創辦人黎智英和何桂藍則不認罪，經審訊後
When a ray of light becomes a crime
By Translated by Guardians of Hong Kong, June 7, 2021 • 15 March 2022
Author: Vivian TAM Wai-Wan
Mr Hui is 30 year old and trendily dressed. His hair is perfectly styled and he wears a few earrings on his left ear. Last night he wore a brand new white shirt with a slim black tie.
At 8pm he got a white candle and a black paper cup as a windshield from a volunteer in the commercial district of Causeway Bay. He held the lit up candle and slowly walked towards Victoria Park. He was stopped by a police right across the road opposite the park. At this point, half of the candle was burnt and the paper cup filled with candle tears.
Read the fully translated article here:
https://telegra.ph/When-a-ray-of-light-becomes-a-crime-03-15
Source: Facebook page of the author Vivian TAM Wai-Wan
#Light #Crime #Jun4th #HongKongAlliance #GreatChinaComplex
By Translated by Guardians of Hong Kong, June 7, 2021 • 15 March 2022
Author: Vivian TAM Wai-Wan
Mr Hui is 30 year old and trendily dressed. His hair is perfectly styled and he wears a few earrings on his left ear. Last night he wore a brand new white shirt with a slim black tie.
At 8pm he got a white candle and a black paper cup as a windshield from a volunteer in the commercial district of Causeway Bay. He held the lit up candle and slowly walked towards Victoria Park. He was stopped by a police right across the road opposite the park. At this point, half of the candle was burnt and the paper cup filled with candle tears.
Read the fully translated article here:
https://telegra.ph/When-a-ray-of-light-becomes-a-crime-03-15
Source: Facebook page of the author Vivian TAM Wai-Wan
#Light #Crime #Jun4th #HongKongAlliance #GreatChinaComplex
#Restrospective #2021HongKong
Committee Members Imprisoned: The Dilemma of #HongKongAlliance and Beginning of the #June4th Debate
Source: Stand News #2021Sept24
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Committee Members Imprisoned: The Dilemma of #HongKongAlliance and Beginning of the #June4th Debate
Source: Stand News #2021Sept24
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#Restrospective
Committee Members Imprisoned: The Dilemma of #HongKongAlliance and Beginning of the #June4th Debate
[The following article was originally published by #StandNews on September 24, 2021. The news outlet was forced to close down in December that year.]
Part 1:
On 10 September 2021 at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts Division 2, after the court clerk read out the charges, #TonyeeChow Hang-tung, who was in the defendant's column, responded with a sonorous voice: "Understood, this is a ridiculous charge." And the court filled with applause from the public gallery.
In this unsolved case, chairman and vice-chairman Li Cheuk-yan, Albert Ho Chun-yan and Tonyee Chow Hang-Tung of the Hong Kong Alliance, who have been rooted in Hong Kong for 32 years, are charged with the crime of “Inciting Subversion of State Power”. And this is the first case of the count in Hong Kong.
On May 21, 1989, the Hong Kong Alliance called on millions of Hong Kong people to take on to the streets to support pro-democracy students in Beijing, and announced the establishment of the organization on the same day. Wen Wei Po called this day “An Important Sign of the Awakening of Hong Kong People”.
After the massacre happened on June 4, all walks of life regardless of party affiliation, published condemnation and joint signatures. Since then, the Hong Kong Alliance has emphasized doing legal things under one country two systems, as in holding candlelight rallies to mourn June 4th, finding out who should be held responsible for the massacre, and guarding the truth of what happened on June 4th.
Continue reading Part 2:
Source: Stand News #2021Sept24
https://bit.ly/3vYrjRw
Committee Members Imprisoned: The Dilemma of #HongKongAlliance and Beginning of the #June4th Debate
[The following article was originally published by #StandNews on September 24, 2021. The news outlet was forced to close down in December that year.]
Part 1:
On 10 September 2021 at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts Division 2, after the court clerk read out the charges, #TonyeeChow Hang-tung, who was in the defendant's column, responded with a sonorous voice: "Understood, this is a ridiculous charge." And the court filled with applause from the public gallery.
In this unsolved case, chairman and vice-chairman Li Cheuk-yan, Albert Ho Chun-yan and Tonyee Chow Hang-Tung of the Hong Kong Alliance, who have been rooted in Hong Kong for 32 years, are charged with the crime of “Inciting Subversion of State Power”. And this is the first case of the count in Hong Kong.
On May 21, 1989, the Hong Kong Alliance called on millions of Hong Kong people to take on to the streets to support pro-democracy students in Beijing, and announced the establishment of the organization on the same day. Wen Wei Po called this day “An Important Sign of the Awakening of Hong Kong People”.
After the massacre happened on June 4, all walks of life regardless of party affiliation, published condemnation and joint signatures. Since then, the Hong Kong Alliance has emphasized doing legal things under one country two systems, as in holding candlelight rallies to mourn June 4th, finding out who should be held responsible for the massacre, and guarding the truth of what happened on June 4th.
Continue reading Part 2:
Source: Stand News #2021Sept24
https://bit.ly/3vYrjRw
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今年 6 月，六四 32 周年前夕，《立場》推出重磅專題〈支聯會的戰役〉，一連三篇深度報道，重溫支聯會一路走來...
#Restrospective #2021HongKong
Committee Members Imprisoned: The Dilemma of #HongKongAlliance and Beginning of the #June4th Debate
Source: Stand News #2021Sept24
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Committee Members Imprisoned: The Dilemma of #HongKongAlliance and Beginning of the #June4th Debate
Source: Stand News #2021Sept24
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#Restrospective
Committee Members Imprisoned: The Dilemma of #HongKongAlliance and Beginning of the #June4th Debate
[The following article was originally published by #StandNews on September 24, 2021. The news outlet was forced to close down in December that year.]
Part 1:
Part 2:
Today, the Hong Kong Alliance faces a reversal of destiny. In addition to facing interrogation, their venue has also been seized, funds have been frozen, and social media accounts have been asked to be deleted (except for the website "8964Museum" which is independently operated by the curatorial team).
In the past 32 years, whenever the Hong Kong Alliance faced difficulties, they would refer to the contingency plan drawn up in the early years by the deceased chairman Szeto Wah, who once estimated that after the change in sovereignty in 1997, the Hong Kong Alliance would “Bear the Brunt of the Blow, become the target of repression and persecution". Therefore, as early as 1996, the organization had come up with ten contingency measures regarding situations such as deregistration and members being arrested, and listed in detail in the general declaration of the Victoria Park Candlelight Gathering, one of which is as follows:
"The Hong Kong Alliance has been characterized as a ‘Subversive Organization', what should we do? […] We firmly do not accept the characterization of a ‘Subversive Organization', and Hong Kong citizens will not accept it ... If a bad law is to be enacted after 1997 and unreasonable prosecutions are to be proposed, the Hong Kong Alliance would only be the first to bear the brunt of the prosecution, followed by other organizations and individuals, who would also be characterized as “Subversive Organizations" and “Subversives”. This will be marked as a dark age of human rights and freedoms in Hong Kong…”
"The storm that Uncle Wah predicted has finally arrived, just twenty years late." Tsang Kin-Shing, the former standing committee said.
At present, all the current standing members of the Hong Kong Alliance are imprisoned. In the future, the company registration may be removed, and the group members will vote on whether to pass the dissolution at the general meeting on September 25th. The chairman and vice-chairman Li Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho Chun-yan, who are in prison recently, issued a joint open letter pointing out that the best solution for the Hong Kong Alliance is to dissolve voluntarily; another vice-chairman, Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, later sent a letter to member groups calling for their opposition to the dissolution, "I trust their experience and judgment, but I still can't convince myself that voluntary dissolution is a "good option”, let alone a "best solution.”
Source: Stand News #2021Sept24
https://web.archive.org/web/20211229140614/https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%94%AF%E8%81%AF%E6%9C%83%E7%9A%84%E6%88%B0%E5%BD%B94-%E5%B8%B8%E5%A7%94%E5%85%A8%E9%99%B7%E5%9B%B9%E5%9C%84-%E6%94%AF%E8%81%AF%E6%9C%83%E7%9A%84%E5%AD%98%E6%95%A3%E5%85%A9%E9%9B%A3-%E4%B8%80%E5%A0%B4%E5%85%AD%E5%9B%9B%E8%BE%AF%E8%AB%96%E4%B9%8B%E5%A7%8B
Committee Members Imprisoned: The Dilemma of #HongKongAlliance and Beginning of the #June4th Debate
[The following article was originally published by #StandNews on September 24, 2021. The news outlet was forced to close down in December that year.]
Part 1:
Part 2:
Today, the Hong Kong Alliance faces a reversal of destiny. In addition to facing interrogation, their venue has also been seized, funds have been frozen, and social media accounts have been asked to be deleted (except for the website "8964Museum" which is independently operated by the curatorial team).
In the past 32 years, whenever the Hong Kong Alliance faced difficulties, they would refer to the contingency plan drawn up in the early years by the deceased chairman Szeto Wah, who once estimated that after the change in sovereignty in 1997, the Hong Kong Alliance would “Bear the Brunt of the Blow, become the target of repression and persecution". Therefore, as early as 1996, the organization had come up with ten contingency measures regarding situations such as deregistration and members being arrested, and listed in detail in the general declaration of the Victoria Park Candlelight Gathering, one of which is as follows:
"The Hong Kong Alliance has been characterized as a ‘Subversive Organization', what should we do? […] We firmly do not accept the characterization of a ‘Subversive Organization', and Hong Kong citizens will not accept it ... If a bad law is to be enacted after 1997 and unreasonable prosecutions are to be proposed, the Hong Kong Alliance would only be the first to bear the brunt of the prosecution, followed by other organizations and individuals, who would also be characterized as “Subversive Organizations" and “Subversives”. This will be marked as a dark age of human rights and freedoms in Hong Kong…”
"The storm that Uncle Wah predicted has finally arrived, just twenty years late." Tsang Kin-Shing, the former standing committee said.
At present, all the current standing members of the Hong Kong Alliance are imprisoned. In the future, the company registration may be removed, and the group members will vote on whether to pass the dissolution at the general meeting on September 25th. The chairman and vice-chairman Li Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho Chun-yan, who are in prison recently, issued a joint open letter pointing out that the best solution for the Hong Kong Alliance is to dissolve voluntarily; another vice-chairman, Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, later sent a letter to member groups calling for their opposition to the dissolution, "I trust their experience and judgment, but I still can't convince myself that voluntary dissolution is a "good option”, let alone a "best solution.”
Source: Stand News #2021Sept24
https://web.archive.org/web/20211229140614/https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%94%AF%E8%81%AF%E6%9C%83%E7%9A%84%E6%88%B0%E5%BD%B94-%E5%B8%B8%E5%A7%94%E5%85%A8%E9%99%B7%E5%9B%B9%E5%9C%84-%E6%94%AF%E8%81%AF%E6%9C%83%E7%9A%84%E5%AD%98%E6%95%A3%E5%85%A9%E9%9B%A3-%E4%B8%80%E5%A0%B4%E5%85%AD%E5%9B%9B%E8%BE%AF%E8%AB%96%E4%B9%8B%E5%A7%8B
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今年 6 月，六四 32 周年前夕，《立場》推出重磅專題〈支聯會的戰役〉，一連三篇深度報道，重溫支聯會一路走來...
Standing Committee Members Imprisoned: The Dilemma of Hong Kong Alliance and the Beginning of the June 4th Debate
By Translated by BeWater HK on May 9, 2022 • 16 May 2022
On September 10, 2021 at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts Division 2, after the court clerk read out the charges, Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, who stood in the defendant's column, responded with a sonorous voice: "Understood, this is a ridiculous charge." Applause from the public gallery filled the court room.
Source: The Stand News #Sep24
#HKASPDMC #HongKongAlliance #NSL #NationalSecurityLaw
#June4 #TiananmenMassacre #DemocracyMovement
#SzetoWah #ChowHangTung #TonyeeChow #TsangKinShing #LeeCheukYan #AlbertHo
Full Story：
https://telegra.ph/Standing-Committee-Members-Imprisoned-The-Dilemma-of-Hong-Kong-Alliance-and-the-Beginning-of-the-June-4th-Debate-05-16
By Translated by BeWater HK on May 9, 2022 • 16 May 2022
On September 10, 2021 at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts Division 2, after the court clerk read out the charges, Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, who stood in the defendant's column, responded with a sonorous voice: "Understood, this is a ridiculous charge." Applause from the public gallery filled the court room.
Source: The Stand News #Sep24
#HKASPDMC #HongKongAlliance #NSL #NationalSecurityLaw
#June4 #TiananmenMassacre #DemocracyMovement
#SzetoWah #ChowHangTung #TonyeeChow #TsangKinShing #LeeCheukYan #AlbertHo
Full Story：
https://telegra.ph/Standing-Committee-Members-Imprisoned-The-Dilemma-of-Hong-Kong-Alliance-and-the-Beginning-of-the-June-4th-Debate-05-16