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Author: Lu Leqian
2019-11-20 22:19
Last updated date: 2019-11-20 22:19Anti-violence demonstrations continued. After the early Sino-Chongqing conflict, demonstrators again used the Polytechnic University as a base to confront the police. The police have surrounded the Polytechnic University since this Sunday (17th) and demanded demonstrations within the university. Surrender. Some netizens launched a Dawn Rescue operation on Monday (18th) to try to encircle the police. A fierce conflict broke out in Yau Tsim Mong District and more than 200 people were arrested. Many people were charged with riots and possession of offensive weapons. Among them, 44 cases were filed in the Eastern District Court today (20th). The cases were postponed separately for the police to continue the investigation. During the period, the defendants could be released on bail. Apart from the exemption of individual cases, all other defendants were required to abide by the curfews, the prohibition order and not to leave Hong Kong.
The demonstrators then confronted the police at the junction of Nathan Road and Jordan Road. (Photo by Huang Weilun)
The 44 defendants in the Eastern District were involved in the demonstrations in Yau Tsim Mong on Monday (18th). They have been supervised by the police since they were arrested. Everyone has no need to reply for the time being. The magistrate will postpone each case and deal with it again, pending further investigation by the police.
The 44 defendants were divided into three cases:
The first single case involved a total of nine accused, aged between 17 and 26; all of them were charged with a riot, accused of involvement in riots outside the Diocesan Girls' School, and two others were charged with offensive weapons. Guilt, the defendant Liang Jiaxing, was accused of possessing scissors and lighter fuel; another defendant, Zhan Longxiang, was accused of possessing tools such as Spartan and the hexagonal spoon. Except for the two defendants who have not been discharged from the hospital, they must go to court on or before next Monday. The remaining defendants will be postponed until February 12th. The defendants were allowed to be released on bail ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. In addition to the third and sixth defendants, the defendants were required to keep the ban and the ban.
The second single case involved a total of 15 defendants, aged between 17 and 27; all of them were charged with a rioting offence in which they were involved in riots at the junction of Nathan Road, Nathan Road, Yau Ma Tei. The defendant's case was postponed until March 5th and then released on bail of $1,000 to $5,000.
The third single case involved a total of 20 accused, aged between 16 and 44. They were all charged with a rioting offence and were accused of involvement in the riots at Hau Fook Street. Two others were charged with possession of offensive weapons. The purpose is that they have a lighter and a paint can, and the other defendant is accused of hiding the telescopic stick.
The court approved the case to be postponed until February 14 next year. During the postponement of the case, except for the 17th and 20th defendants, others may be released on bail; all defendants shall pay 5,000 yuan bail; each person shall report regularly and ban the area and shall not be allowed to leave Hong Kong. Except for the 4th and 16th defendants who received corresponding relief due to their working relationship, the remaining defendants were required to abide by the curfew. The 17th and 20th defendants were still in hospital for medical treatment, so they were postponed until next Monday (25th) for further treatment. The scope of the ban includes: Chatham Road South, Cameron Road, Nathan Road, Austin Road.
The magistrate thinks it is not ideal to have a court session until 9 o'clock.
When the case was officially opened, it was close to 9:00 pm. The chief magistrate of the case, Qian Li, who was in charge of the trial, also stated that the prosecution’s performance was extremely unsirable. He was still unprepared after arresting and detaining the defendants for 48 hours. Good documents, but at the last minute, I decided to bring all the defendants to court, wasting the time of the court and the lawyers; the prosecutor even apologized to the money officer.
Case No.: ESCC 2589-2591/2019
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