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[The Case of Lin Zijian] The confession of imprisonment in prison sighs unfairly "If in a dream, you cannot enter reality"

2020-04-02T12:48:38.846Z


Democratic Party member Lin Zijian reported in 2017 that he was taken away by suspected national security officers on Portland Street, Yau Ma Tei, and was convicted of "knowingly falsely reported a crime to police officers" and sentenced to 5 months in prison. Later, Lin appealed to the High Court, but was rejected today (2nd) and sentenced to imprisonment immediately. After hearing the sentence, Lin Zijian's family released an open letter written earlier. In the letter, Lin Zijian shouted that the case was an injustice, describing himself as "unable to enter reality as in a dream", and regret that he did not heed his mother and Professor Gong Liren's advice to call him "no press conference and report to the police" and went to Yale University to make another plan .


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Written by: Chen Chuolan

2020-04-02 20:37

Last updated: 2020-04-02 20:38

Democratic Party member Lin Zijian reported in 2017 that he was taken away by suspected national security officers on Portland Street, Yau Ma Tei, and was convicted of "knowingly falsely reported a crime to police officers" and sentenced to 5 months in prison. Later, Lin appealed to the High Court, but was rejected today (2nd) and sentenced to imprisonment immediately.

After hearing the sentence, Lin Zijian's family released an open letter written earlier. In the letter, Lin Zijian shouted that the case was an injustice, describing himself as "unable to enter reality as in a dream", and regret that he did not heed his mother and Professor Gong Liren's advice to call him "no press conference and report to the police" and went to Yale University to make another plan .

Lin Zijian shouted that the case was an injustice, describing himself as "if in a dream, he cannot enter reality." (Profile picture / Photo by Zhong Weide)

Regret not obeying Gong Liren and mother's persuasion to be sorry for family

Lin Zijian published a confession entitled "I have no guilty oath and bowed my head-Reports to fellow Democrats and the Media" at the time, and he was immediately sentenced by the court to fail in appeal. He wrote at the beginning of the text: "At this moment, it can be described as" vertical heart crying blood. "He also said that even if he dreamed, he could not have studied at Yale University in the United States in exchange for a career in iron bars. "This sudden depression is still in a dream so far, unable to enter reality."

He emphasized that today the judge made his appeal unsuccessful, but he still shouted, "This is an unjust prison, and I am an innocent victim." Reiterating that being intimidated by phone and being beaten is a real thing, and he said " The political taste of this case is very strong, "" This case was unfairly handled from investigation to trial, and even saw officials and defenders. "

Lin Xu said that although some people suggested that he plead guilty, and some people also asked a psychiatrist to prove that he had a similar mental illness such as "paranoia" in exchange for unnecessary prison pain, but he refused one by one. "Because these are lies."

Lin Zijian said that he regretted that he did not heed the advice of his mother and doctoral thesis supervisor, Professor Gong Liren, "do not report to the police and do not hold a press conference." , I am very sorry for my family. Regarding the failure of the appeal, "I know that I will be cast aside by society and misunderstood that I am a person with no integrity, but because this case involves major public interests and social justice, I will still insist on appealing the case to the Court of Final Appeal."

Lin Zijian: The case was not judged according to the spirit of common law

Lin Zijian criticized the unfair handling of the case, and did not receive fair treatment from the investigation to the trial. He cited several examples to prove his injustice. He believed that the police officer could not identify the person in the CCTV footage as himself, and was dissatisfied with the court's rejection of other expert witnesses. For confession, the trial did not make a fair verdict in accordance with the spirit of common law "attributing the doubt to the defendant." Lin said that some people suggested that he plead guilty or find a psychiatrist to prove that he suffers from a disease such as delusional disorder and avoided prison. However, Lin Zijian refused and emphasized that he did not lie. It's true to be beaten. "

Lin Zijian criticized the unfair handling of the case, and did not receive fair treatment from the investigation to the trial. He cited several examples to prove his injustice. He believed that the police officer could not identify himself in the CCTV footage. (Profile picture / Photo by Zhong Weide)

High Court judge approves trial judge's decision, dismisses appeal

The judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Justice Li Yunteng pointed out in the judgment that the key to the case is not whether the injury found in Lin Zijian's body was caused by self-harm, but whether Lin Zijian was between Hamilton Street and Bijie Street in Yau Ma Tei A section of Portland Street was abducted. Li Guan believed that the trial judge fully understood the opinions of the expert witnesses on both sides of the prosecution and defense and gave convincing reasons to explain why the testimony of the prosecution expert was adopted and the testimony of the defence expert was rejected, so he rejected the appeal in this case.

According to the facts, on August 11, 2017, Lin Zijian reported to Police Officer Huang Jichen at the Queen Mary Hospital that on August 10, 2017, he was suspected to be on Portland Street between Hamilton Street and Bijie Street in Yau Ma Tei. Staff of the National Security Bureau abducted and tortured. The original trial judge Su Huide convicted Lin Zijian of "knowingly reporting a crime to police officers" and sentenced him to five months in prison. He criticized Lin's confession as "self-directed and self-directed."

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Source: hk1

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