[Fugitive Offenders Ordinance] Two men and women involved in Tsing Yi posted anti-revision posters after trial and found not guilty

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Written by: Zhu Xinxin

2020-04-07 11:51

Since the amendments movement, some citizens have posted anti-amendment propaganda materials in various districts. A pair of men and women were involved in the "three strikes" evening of August 5, last year. They posted anti-revision posters on the streets of Tsing Yi and were intercepted by police officers. The two were charged with the crime of "posting posters without permission on government land". They earlier denied allegations of trial. The case was decided today (7th) at the West Kowloon Court. Both defendants were found not guilty.

Male defendant He Zhicheng (24 years old) and female defendant Guo Xiaonan (24 years old) were charged with posting posters on government land without permission. The charges are that they posted three 1m long and 40cm wide posters on Tsing Tsuen Road, Tsing Yi at about 6.20pm on August 5 last year, but did not obtain prior approval from the authorities in violation of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance .

Senior police officer Liu Yipeng. (Profile picture)

After the two defendants were intercepted and said, "We are only expressing our demands"

Liu Yipeng, a senior police officer of the Kwai Tsing District Traffic Corps, earlier stated that at 6 pm on the day of the incident, the police car he was driving along the overhead flyover of Qing Tsuen Road towards Tsing Yi, during which he saw a male defendant holding a stack of posters A poster is being posted; the female defendant is holding the poster.

Liu got off the bus and found that the two defendants were going to post a poster on the railing on the other side, and then intercepted the two. The female defendant ’s mother said beside her, “I ’m not scaring my family.” The two defendants said, “We only express our demands.” The passers-by stopped and watched, and the female defendant asked him to show his appointment certificate. After the colleagues arrived, Liu reiterated that the two defendants were not allowed to post posters in public places and copied down their materials.

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[The off-duty police were arrested] The off-duty police were arrested and arrested at Tuen Mun ’s Lennon Wall. No stickers were posted on the wall.

During the cross-examination, he admitted that he did not see the poster of the male defendant.

However, when Liu accepted the defense's cross-examination, he changed the accusation to say that the female defendant was on adhesive paper, and at the same time pointed out that she did not touch the poster. Liu Yi admitted that he did not see a poster posted by the male defendant.

During the interrogation, a short film shot by a passerby was also broadcast. In the clip, Liu and another police officer intercepted the two defendants. Some police officers said: "I think there is no problem, so as of now, I have not suspected that you are illegal. Behavior. "

Case number: WKS13795-6 / 2019

Relevant Hearing Court for the Lennon Wall Fugitive Offenders Regulations