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Written by: Wu Jiao, Luo Jiaqing
2020-03-26 11:40
Last updated: 2020-03-26 12:44The chairman of the Democratic Party ’s Central and Western District Council, Zheng Liqiong, was arrested by police late yesterday (25th). The party ’s legislative council member Xu Zhifeng quoted Zheng ’s lawyer as saying the police had arrested Zheng Liqiong for “inciting rumors. Allegedly involved a post reposted on Facebook by Zheng Liqiong.
The Democratic Party and several Democratic legislators and district councillors arrived at the Kwai Chung Police Station at noon today (26th) and asked the police to release Zheng Liqiong, who was allegedly undergoing bail. Xu Zhifeng quoted Zheng Liqiong's representative lawyer. The police only mentioned the arrest of Zheng for "inciting rumors". He still did not mention that Zheng Liqiong violated the prohibition order. He said that the Central and Western District Council criticized and revealed the police team's "bad behavior" through the parliamentary system. The arrest was Gazette of vengeance.
Member of the Democratic Legislative Council, Yin Zhaojian, pointed out that in the past, the Democratic Party was "bottomed" by hostile camps and published personal data of Democrats on the website. However, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner responded that the related acts involved only civil crimes. The aim is to combat statements against the police.
Members of the Democratic Central and Western District Council came to the scene to support. (Photo by Luo Jiaqing)
Tu Jinshen: "Incitement to rumors" is an abuse of colonial "bad law"
About one hundred Democrats came to the scene to support, including members of the Democratic Party's Legislative Council Yin Zhaojian, Tu Jinshen, Huang Biyun, and Mo Naiguang from the information technology industry. More than a dozen members of the Central and Western District Council and a number of district council chairmen were also present. Chairman of the Long District Council, Huang Weixian, and Chairman of the Kwai Tsing District Council, Shan Zhongxuan, etc.
Tu Jinshen, who is familiar with security matters, said that the police's arrest of Zheng by citing "incitement to rumors" was an abuse of colonial law and was clearly a political prosecution. He pointed out that the conviction of "inciting rumors" should constitute immediate panic and endanger public safety. He believed that the failure to see Zheng Liqiong's online speech did not constitute relevant conditions, and he urged the government to explain and explain the incident.
Mr. Tu Jinshen said that the incident reflected the "police of the police", "Anyone (criticism) when they get to the police will pull the lock, pull, insult, pull you" and also point out that laws such as "inciting rumors" will only be used in totalitarianism. When the country appeared, he was sad to see Hong Kong here, and also said that Hong Kong people and Zheng Liqiong would be fair in the future.
Yin Zhao insisted that the police were "outrageous." Two arrests of the district council chairmen were made within five days. The reason for the arrest was very nonsense, reflecting the police's "public use of private equipment." He also pointed out that in the past, democrats were "bottomed" by hostile camps on a large scale, and the personal data of democrats were published on the website. However, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner responded that the relevant acts only involved civil crimes, and the police did not follow up on the relevant acts. .
[Zheng Liqiong arrested] Chairman of the Central and Western District Council arrested Representative lawyer: guilty of inciting rumors
The chairman of the multi-district councils came to support. (Courtesy of Yang Kai, ADPL)
Xu Zhifeng: Zheng Liqiong intends to apply for habeas corpus
Zhong Jinlin, chairman of the New Alliance Saigon District Council, who has been arrested, said he was arrested on February 8 and received help from those arrested in the last two weeks, saying that all personal information was published online, and someone even called to be arrested Complaints and nuisances were raised by people's work organizations, questioning the government's protection of citizens and police was not equal.
Xu Zhifeng was outraged by the arrest. He cited lawyers as saying that the relevant regulations were used by the colony to consolidate the Queen's regime, and that there were legal opinions that the use of "inciting rumors" was unconstitutional. Xu Zhifeng mentioned that the Central and Western District Councils faced the peak of the police force at the meeting, criticized and exposed the police ’s bad behavior through the conference system, and now arresting the chairman Zheng Liqiong under colonial law is a "public vengeance." Apply for habeas corpus in the event.
There are police on the platform of the police station. (Photo by Luo Jiaqing)
Democrats from the Central and Western District issued a statement condemning the police for unreasonably arresting Zheng Liqiong and demanding that they be released immediately. The statement states that it is understood that Zheng Liqiong was arrested by the police for "inciting intent" under section 9 of the Crimes Ordinance, but the law has never been used since it was last revised in 1971 and has a broad definition. Yu also overlaps with some of the current minor crimes, raising the maximum conviction in disguise. "
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