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China to face charges of 12 anti-Hong Kong protesters who fled to Taiwan
Date November 28, 2020 at 10:10 am
The family was skeptical that the 12 would be unfairly prosecuted by the Chinese government.
Chinese authorities are prepared to press smuggling charges against 12 anti-Hong Kong protesters after they were flirted in China three months ago while using a speedboat to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan.
The 12 protesters, 11 men and one woman, with the youngest 16 years old, were detained without communicating with outsiders in a prison in mainland China. After being arrested by the Chinese Coast Guard at sea while fleeing from Hong Kong to Taiwan by speedboat on August 23.
One of the relatives of the inmates told Reuters he was skeptical about the fairness in the prosecution of the 12 people, who would be charged with smuggling and organizing illegal crossings. That he has a maximum prison sentence of 7 years
The families of seven inmates said in an earlier joint statement: Their lawyers, chosen from the list provided by the Chinese government, brought a letter with similar content to the family. All inmates said they were in good prison conditions. And tell relatives and neighbors not to worry
The family, however, questioned the content of the letter praising the Chinese government’s treatment of the 12 inmates.
Beatrice Li, a brother of Andy Li, one of the inmates, told Reuters that “they have not received fair prosecution.”
This litigation attracted a lot of attention from Hong Kong residents. It is a rare case of Chinese authorities arresting a person attempting to flee Hong Kong during Hong Kong’s concern that the Chinese government will interfere with Hong Kong’s autonomy.
All 12 were indicted by the Hong Kong authorities in connection with the anti-government movement. Including riots and violations of national security laws enacted by the Chinese authorities in Hong Kong last month. June ago
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