【Liang Tianqi Appeal】 The article clearly sees that the main case was sentenced to riot for 2 to 4 years

Social News

Written by: Zhu Xinxin

2020-04-29 16:48

In the early morning of the second half of 2016, Mong Kok became a conflict between the police and the public due to the hawking problem. It should have been a night of excitement, and it was full of flames. Some people were blocking the road, throwing glass and throwing bricks. Divided into about 13 cases. Among them, the two heaviest prisoners, Liang Tianqi and Lu Jianmin, also ruled on the appeal of the sentence. The Appeals Court rejected the appeal and upheld the original sentence.

Among those who participated in the incident that night, many were charged with riots. Most of the accused were handled in the District Court, and most of the convicted persons were sentenced to prison. However, the court will adjust the sentencing according to the defendants ’denial, participation, and personal factors. However, if they involve more violent behaviors such as arson and brick throwing, the sentence will be relatively heavy. In one of the district court cases, the defendant Because of the arson involved, he remained in prison for 4 years and 9 months after appeal.

Police said that a total of 91 people (80 men and 11 women) have been arrested in the Mong Kok riots so far, aged between 14 and 70 years old. 64 people have been prosecuted or are being processed through judicial procedures, 3 of whom have abstained from bail, 1 is on bail pending investigation, and 26 have been released after further investigation or legal advice.

High court sentenced from 3 to 7 years

Among the many defendants, 10 were tried in the High Court. The defendants included Liang Tianqi, a former spokesman for the local democratic front, and Huang Taiyang, the former convener of the organization. The two were also charged with inciting riots. Later, Huang and another defendant Li Dongsheng in the same case abandoned Bao Bao and fled. The remaining 8 people, 3 were found not guilty after trial, and 2 people pleaded guilty to the riot and other crimes. The sentence of each defendant varies from 3 to 7 years.

Liang Tianqi was sentenced to 6 years in prison for one riot and one assault on the police. (Profile picture)

Lu Jianmin was repeatedly thrown at the police and was accused of actively participating in prison for 7 years

Lu Jianmin, who was convicted after the trial, was sentenced to 7 years in prison at the original trial. In addition to the heaviest sentence among the defendants, it was also the heaviest sentence for riots since Hong Kong opened. The trial judge pointed out that the Luan Street riots involved by Lu were large-scale, about 500 people participated, and confronted the police for about 4 hours. Lu more than 10 times to smash the debris to the police, is actively involved in the riot.

As for Liang Tianqi, the trial judge pointed out that he was convicted of the riots in Argyle Street, where nearly 200 people participated, and Liang attacked the police officers who fell to the ground with rubber barrels and pallets. At the same time, although Liang was not convicted of the Portland Street riot, the trial judge pointed out that he had appeared there at 9 pm and witnessed the development of the incident.

The trial judge also emphasized that political appeal is not a pleading factor, otherwise false messages will be issued, thinking that if you are dissatisfied with the government or the status quo, you can resort to violence.

High Court 3 defendant sentenced relatively lightly

In the High Court case, some of the defendants were sentenced relatively lightly. Among them, Yuan Zhiju and Huang Jiaju, who pleaded guilty, were sentenced to three and three and a half years respectively. Huang Jiaju and Liang Tianqi were equally charged with participating in a riot in Argyle Street, Mong Kok. The judge pointed out that Huang had limited participation in the incident, lowered the starting point of Huang ’s sentence to 4 and a half years, and was deducted again because of Huang ’s confession. Finally Huang was sentenced to prison. 3 and a half years.

In addition to confessing the riot, Yuan Zhiju also admitted to arson. He pleaded guilty that he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. When the judge sentenced, he also considered that Yuan had attacked the police officer with a metal rod at the time, and then arrested the potted plant with the police officer. He also ignored the impact on nearby residents, but also considered that Yuan had no case in the past, so he was sentenced to three years in prison.

As for Rong Weiye, known as "Captain America", although he was found guilty after trial, he was only sentenced to three years in prison. The judge mainly considered the tolerance of mild intellectual disability and autism, and the same defendant Yuan Zhiju, All have special mental conditions, and it is not appropriate to sentence deterrent penalties. Eventually, a lower starting point for sentencing is added, and Rong Weiye is a first offender.

【Time 100 Next】 Billie Eilish to Liang Tianqi Fashion, politics change the future

[Liang Tianqi Appeals] Liang only asked for a reduction in sentence, referring to the sentencing of the original trial officer, considering the adjournment of an unfair case.

[Riot case] Captain Rong Weiye and another defendant were sentenced to three years in prison: improper probation

+6

+5

+4

District Court hears 7 cases with a maximum sentence of 4 years and 9 months

There are 7 cases heard in the District Court, as follows:

1. Hong Kong University girl Xu Jiaqi, student Mai Zixi and chef Xue Darong threw glass bottles and bamboo sticks at the police and were convicted of rioting and sentenced to imprisonment for 3 years.

2. Computer technician Yang Jialun was sentenced to 4 years and 9 months in prison at Soya Street for burning taxis with debris. It was also the heaviest sentence in many cases in the district court.

3. The three defendants Yang Zixuan, Luo Haoyan and Lian Runfa participated in the riot at the junction of Soy Street and Huayuan Street. Luo Jilian was sentenced to 3 years in prison. Yang was sentenced to a training center because of his young age. The defendant was found guilty for insufficient evidence.

4. The 11 defendants involved throwing bricks and glass bottles at the police, and the destruction of police cars. The only female defendant in the case, Li Qianyi, fled to Taiwan. As for the remaining 10 defendants, Wu Tingkai, who has autism, pleaded guilty to one riot and was sentenced to 2 years and 4 months in prison. After 9 months of trial, the other 9 defendants were all found guilty. At the time of the crime, only 17-year-old Ye Zifeng was sentenced to the training center, and the other 8 defendants were sentenced to 2 years and 9 months to April 3 months.

5. Male waiter Deng Haoxian flicked bricks and shook street signs to police officers and was arrested for committing crimes due to "greed". He admitted to a riot on Shandong Street and Nathan Road in Mong Kok and was sentenced to 2 years in October.

6. Bi Huifen, known as "Mong Kok Village Chief", was found guilty of two riots last year and was sentenced to 3 years and 10 months for digging bricks and throwing paper into a fire.

7. Tan Baixi, Chen Shunyao and Wang Guobin were arrested only early last year. When the case was brought up last year, Tan said he would plead guilty. Wang, who was charged with two criminal damages, and Chen, who was charged with one arson, pleaded not guilty. The trio's case was postponed until this year.

[Mong Kok Riot] "Female Village Chief" riot committed in prison 46 months officer: Fight for freedom is not an absolute right

[Mong Kok Riot] All defendants were sentenced to jail from 28 to 51 months

[Mong Kok Riot] Technician riot set fire to jail 4 years since September Mong Kok riot case the heaviest penalty

[Mong Kok Riot] 2 males and 1 female riot committed all the defendants sentenced to 3 years in prison

The defendant who pleaded guilty in the district court has a prison term of less than 3 years 

In the cases tried by the District Court, the two defendants, Deng Haoxian and Wu Tingkai, who pleaded guilty, both carried bricks and their sentences were less than 3 years.

Most of the defendants who were convicted after the trial were sentenced to 3 years or more. The Yangjialun riot involved in Soy Street, when the judge sentenced that there were 50 or 60 people involved at the time, and Yang pulled the fire paper suitcase next to a taxi, starting from 5 years in prison for the crime of the riot. Without such factors as the case, the sentence was reduced to 4 years and 9 months, and was executed at the same time as the 4 years and 3 months of the arson crime.

As for Mo Jiatao in another case, in addition to facing the crime of riots, he also involved police and criminal damage. The judge accused him of smashing debris and bricks at least 11 times to the police line of defense, and bamboo and bricks at a police car, and sentenced him to 4 years and 3 months in prison.

Appellant Chen Boyang must continue to serve his sentence in prison after his appeal was dismissed. (Profile picture)

Water bottle throwing policeman sentenced to 9 months in the Magistrates' Court

In addition, the five defendants charged with minor offences were tried in Kowloon City Magistrates' Court in four cases. The passionate citizen member Chen Boyang threw a police officer with a water bottle and was found guilty of assaulting the police. He was imprisoned for 9 months. Chen Zhuoxuan and Chen Yuji were sentenced to 21 days and 3 months in prison for committing disturbances and assaulting the police in public places.

Chen Haowen, who injured the police by breaking the brick, was sentenced to 18 months in probation after pleading guilty to assault causing bodily harm. The photographer Zhuo Linguo attacked the police after the interrogation.

The first defendant in the Mong Kok riot case was convicted of "blooded citizen" Chen Baiyang and sentenced to nine months in prison

[Mong Kok Riot] The first case of 18-year-old pleading guilty to pleading guilty to smuggling bricks with police was sentenced to accept probation

The two were sentenced to 21 days and 3 months in prison for rioting police and disrupting order in Mong Kok