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Written by: Lu Leqian
2019-12-05 17:17
Last updated: 2019-12-05 17:17On June 12, demonstrators participated in a rally against the revision of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance and clashed with police officers in the vicinity of Admiralty. One of the 33-year-old men was suspected of participating in road blockage outside the General Political Office at about 4 pm on the same day and was charged with illegal Build up. The case was reappeared in the Eastern District Court today. The prosecution requested the defendant to reply. The defence applied for adjournment of the case until January 30 to refer to the documents, which was approved by the court. However, the defendant's application for a shorter curfew time was rejected.
The defendant, Jiajia Kuo, aged 33, was charged with one count of illegal assembly, claiming that he had assembled illegally with unknown persons outside the government headquarters of Tim Wa Avenue in Admiralty on June 12, this year, and had disrupted order.
The prosecution asked for a reply today, but the defense stated that they had received the relevant documents two days ago (3 days), so they requested that it be postponed to allow more time for research and be approved by the court. The defendant also hoped to shorten the curfew time to 0am It started, but was rejected by the magistrate.
Case number: ESCC 2225/2019
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