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Written by: Guo Haotian
2020-07-06 20:09
Last update date: 2020-07-06 20:09The man was suspected of carrying a backpack with the banner of "Recovering the Hong Kong Times Revolution" on his return day, and rushed to the police on a motorcycle, thus becoming the first defendant accused of violating the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law. He was discharged today (6th) He was escorted to the West Kowloon Court. The prosecution played a video in court, accusing the accused of cheering people at the scene when displaying the flag, and also injured many police officers, three of whom were seriously injured, and two of them had spinal displacement and rib fractures. The police also needed time to seize closed circuits The TV footage investigated and requested the case to be postponed for 3 months, but the defense stated that the new law's bail threshold was high and requested that the remand time be shortened. The magistrate failed to accept the case and postponed the case to October 6 for further hearing.
3 policemen were seriously injured and 1 was still in hospital
The defendant, Tang Yingjie, 23, was charged with one count of inciting others to split the country and one terrorist activity.
The prosecutor revealed in court that the defendant drove a motorcycle at the time of the incident. His backpack was inserted with the banner of "Recovering Hong Kong, Revolution of the Times". When driving along Hennessy Road to Jaffe Road in Wan Chai, he had crossed three police lines of defense. About 10 police officers were stationed on the defense line, and police officers of the third defense line tried to intercept. Three of them were seriously injured, including spinal displacement, rib fractures, redness, etc. One person is still in hospital.
The defendant, Tang Yingjie, was suspected of riding a motorcycle and rushing to the police line of defense, causing serious injuries to the 3 policemen. (Profile picture)
Someone cheered to show that the behavior involved incitement
The prosecution also played several clips showing the process of the incident in court. Cheers from the passers-by could be heard in the film, showing that the defendant's actions involved incitement. The prosecution pointed out that three people were seriously injured in the case, and there were more passersby at the time of the incident. Therefore, the case was requested to be adjourned for three months so that the police could seize CCTV footage, public news footage, and examine the accused’s motorcycle and Cell phone.
The defense questioned that the flag had no meaning of separation
However, the defense lawyer Liu Weicong questioned whether the case involved elements that endangered the country, and also referred to the words on the banner of the case, which did not imply the change of the legal status of Hong Kong or the overthrow of the regime. "Recovering Hong Kong" literally means to restore Hong Kong Inherent brilliance, freedom, and democracy under the rule of law; "revolution" can be understood as a major change, and also refers to the scientific revolution, industrial revolution, etc., also has the term "revolution", but only means a major change at the human level, regardless of the English sentence Or the Chinese explanation does not include the meaning of separating Hong Kong.
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Failed to show how their actions threatened the central government
Liu also pointed out that the allegations of the crime of terrorist activities only shocked the public and injured police officers, and did not see how the acts threatened the central government, nor how the alleged acts were related to the defendant’s political claims, even if the alleged acts After its establishment, we cannot see how it endangers national security.
However, the magistrate finally applied for the prosecution and postponed the case until October, while also refusing the defendant's bail, but the supplementary defendant could still apply to the High Court for an appeal.
Case number: WKCC 2217/2020
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