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Written by: Hu Jiaxin
2020-03-01 00:20
Last updated: 2020-03-01 00:20U.S. State Department spokesman Morgan Ortagus issued a statement on Friday (28th) concerned about the arrests of One Media founder Li Zhiying, former Democratic Party chairman Yang Sen, and Labor Party vice chairman Li Zhuoren, calling on the Hong Kong government not to serve political purposes Selective law enforcement should ensure that cases are handled fairly and transparently in order to maintain the rule of law and the peaceful assembly and freedom of expression of Hong Kong people.
The Department of Justice issued a counterattack late on Saturday (29th), stating that anyone's prosecution decision was improperly affected, which was "random guessing and without factual basis." The Department of Justice emphasized that the Department of Justice made decisions based on evidence, laws and prosecution rules, regardless of whether All the political ideas, demands or backgrounds of the people involved will be handled in the same way.
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The Department of Justice stated in the statement that as the case of the three was still in judicial proceedings, it was not appropriate to comment on the case in detail, but anyone who proposed that the prosecution decision of the Department of Justice had been improperly affected "is a wild guess and has no factual basis."
The spokesman pointed out that the prosecutors of the Department of Justice have always adhered to the principles of the Basic Law and made prosecution decisions in a professional, impartial and fearless manner in strict accordance with the evidence, applicable laws and prosecution codes, and said that prosecutors must not be subject to any Investigations, politics, the media, the community, or the interests of individuals or statements affect all cases, regardless of the political ideology, demands, or background of the person involved, all cases will be handled in the same way.
Li Zhiying, Yang Sen and Li Zhuoren were arrested by the police on Friday morning, accused of participating in an illegal rally on August 31 last year, each charged with "knowingly participating in an unauthorized assembly." In addition, Li Zhiying was accused of guilty of "criminal intimidation" after verbally intimidating a newspaper reporter after attending the June Fourth Rally in Victoria Park on June 4, 2017. The three were released on bail pending trial and the case will appear in the Eastern District Court on May 5.
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