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2020/11/23 24 hour corner
▌The “confession and preventive detention” surrounding the chief of police:Hong KongHuang Zhifeng and Zhou Ting’s “Zhongzhi Three Sons” were sentenced to prison
“Get up and come, know that everyone is working harder and keep working hard!” Huang Zhifeng, former Hong Kong Secretary General, Chairman Lin Langyan and member Zhou Ting, due to the siege of the police headquarters launched during the protest last year. He was charged with “knowingly inciting others to participate in an unauthorized gathering”. The case was re-tried at the West Kowloon Magistrate on November 23 this morning. Already before the trial, the three had already “declared openly guilty” on their personal Facebook pages. A worst-case sentencing is expected in court and immediate imprisonment. On the afternoon of this day, the judge ruled that the three were in preventive detention without the right to bail and their sentence was postponed to December 2.
According to the “Stance News” report, all three pleaded guilty today to plead guilty, but Huang Zhifeng denied participating in the crime of illegal assembly. In the end, the Department of Justice did not provide evidence for prosecution and the prosecution dropped the case. At the three’s pre-trial press conference, Huang Zhifeng frankly said that despite the abolition of the National Security Law and white terror, they would not give up; Lin Langyan also insisted that he would not regret the siege of the police headquarters. And Zhou Ting, who can face for the first time in his life, also said:
“Although I will be very anxious about the unknown future, including the immediate trial, I hope that everyone does not forget that there are many brothers who sacrifice more than us, and they may be facing a more difficult situation.”
In fact, as early as August, when the case was pre-trial, both Huang Zhifeng and Lin Langyan denied the charges, but Zhou Ting pleaded guilty. During that period, the three were released on bail. But this time, when the trial began, both Huang Zhifeng and Zhou Ting noted on their personal Facebook that after reviewing the prosecution’s evidence and consulting the lawyer’s opinions, the three decided to plead guilty to all charges.
However, “confession” does not mean that the three people admitted that they were guilty of the “action of resistance”. Under active confession, the court will skip the trial stage and close the case directly without calling witnesses and debating the merits; in the original expectation, all three were very good. You can be sentenced to prison for ransom in court (the judge only has the power to sentence up to three years in prison).
“The legitimacy of the Hong Kong police has completely collapsed. If surrounding the police is a crime or an act necessary for justice and democracy, I think the people of Hong Kong already have the answer in their hearts.” Lin Langyan said.
What happened to the charges of the three people on June 21?
It’s time to go back to June 2019, whenHong Kong is sending backThe volume of the movement was increasing, but the Hong Kong government has not responded to the protesters’ demands for a long time. To prevent the government from passing the second reading of the legislation, Hong Kong citizens spontaneously united to occupy Admiralty and Central on June 12, eventually ushering in successive tear gas bombs dropped by the police. Rubber bullets and bag bombs were eliminated, and conflicts between the police and the civilian population continued to escalate. During the police dispatch, some 80 people were injured and many protesters were shot in the head, which became a major point of the fighting at the time.
Later, Carrie Lam announced the suspension of the amendment, but refused to use the word “withdrawal.” Regarding the 612 demonstrations, the police also changed their words many times. From what they described as “riots” at first, they changed their words to “riots.” Lam Cheng also used the word “riot” many times in the press conference, even saying that “law enforcement by police officers is of course justice.” But related estimates noted that the police fired more than 150 tear gas grenades, some 20 release bags and several rubber bullets on the same day Amnesty International also released a statement claiming that the Hong Kong police used unnecessary and excessive force in the peaceful demonstration 612.
The agitation continued and people took to the streets for many demonstrations. It arrived on June 21, because the government has not responded to the appeal before the death limit set by the Hong Kong tertiary and academic community, that is, before 5 p.m. on June 20 – including the withdrawal of the ordinance, the investigation of the abuse of power by the police and the retraction of the characterization of the 612 riot And so on, the tertiary and academic circles of Hong Kong announced its escalation. They protested in the streets that morning, surrounded the Hong Kong government headquarters and the Hong Kong police headquarters in Wan Chai, and launched strikes, market strikes, class strikes and other non-cooperative movements to peacefully express their demands.
Hong Kong’s “Apple Daily” reported that, according to footage of the incident broadcast in court, Huang Zhifeng, Lin Langyan and Zhou Ting were filmed walking towards the police headquarters as they chanted slogans calling on people to surround the police headquarters. In addition to using a loudspeaker to call on people at the scene to surround the police headquarters, Huang Zhifeng also chanted slogans such as “Evacuation and surrender, not a riot”, “We are not in a riot, we are not a bully”; Lin Langyan was also filmed using a microphone to speak, asking everyone to surround Police Headquarters and withdrawing the definition of riots, etc. For this reason, Huang Zhifeng, Lin Langyan and Zhou Ting were later charged with inciting, organizing and participating in unauthorized gatherings.
After the guilty plea and pre-trial detention on the 23rd of today, the support of the sympathizers emerged on the social network and spread to the circles of public opinion in Europe, America and Japan. It is worth noting that, aside from this case, Zhou Ting is still charged with suspicion of violating the Hong Kong National Security Law. The cause of the incident was that former Hong Kong enthusiasts announced on the Nikkei in August 2019, calling on the international community to support Hong Kong’s democratic protests. Zhou Ting needs to report the case to the police on December 2. She said on Facebook:
“The difficulties are wave after wave, I just hope I can continue to maintain my resolve.”
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