Political situation
Written by: Lin Jian
2020-06-09 12:52
Last update date: 2020-06-09 12:52On July 1, last year, a group of demonstrators attacked the Legislative Council Building and entered destruction. Many people were arrested afterwards. They were originally charged with the crime of "entering or staying in the conference hall". A spokesman for the private rally team Liu Wei Kuang said today (9th) that the prosecution will apply to change the charge against all the people involved in the riot.
Liu Wei Kuang said on social networks that the prosecution will apply to change the charge to a riot. (Screenshot of Liu Wei Kuang fb page)
Liu Wei Kuang said that today he received a lawyer's notice that the prosecution will apply to change and charge all the people involved in the crime of riots. The original charge of the prosecution charged was "entering or staying in the conference room", and the maximum sentence was 3 months' imprisonment; the revised charge was 10 years' imprisonment. The defendant will appear in court tomorrow (10th).
The defendant in the same case still has Sun Xiaolan, the former president of the Hong Kong University Student Union. She also said on the social network that she had just received a lawyer's notice and changed the charge from "entering or staying in the conference hall" into a riot for the July 1 Legislative Assembly.
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