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Written by: Lin Leer
2021-01-15 12:58
Last update date: 2021-01-15 13:00
Off-duty firefighters dropped petrol bombs on the ground during a demonstration in Mong Kok in November of the previous year. When they were arrested, they resisted and were found with switch knives and stylus.
He and the two men earlier pleaded guilty to six counts of illegal assembly and possession of prohibited weapons. They heard sentence in the District Court today (15th).
The defense emphasized that the firefighter defendant wanted to reunite with his wife and two young children as soon as possible.
Judge Qi Shiwei finally imprisoned the firefighter defendant for 34 months.
The 26-year-old defendant in the same case was sentenced to 28 months in prison, and the other 17-year-old defendant was sentenced to a rehabilitation center.
When arrested, they were found hiding switch knives, etc.
The three defendants are Fang Zhixiong (34 years old, firefighter), 17 years old male student surnamed Lin, and Zhao Haojun (26 years old, bank employee).
Fang pleaded guilty to five crimes of illegally assembling, resisting police officers, possessing prohibited weapons, possessing items with intent to damage property and possessing radio communication equipment. The items involved included switch knives, hammers, styluses, 4 petrol bombs and wireless microphones.
The other two defendants also pleaded guilty to unlawful assembly. Among them, Zhao also pleaded guilty to possessing objects with intent to damage property, namely two petrol bombs and two lighters.
Hit a police officer's helmet during arrest
According to the case, a large number of demonstrators assembled on Nathan Road and Shantung Street in Mong Kok on November 10 last year. The police arrested three defendants during the dispersal.
A police officer witnessed Fang holding a petrol bomb and dumping it on the road. Fang violently resisted when he was arrested, including hitting the police officer's helmet and visor and pushing the officer up.
Fang was later found carrying a switchblade, wireless microphone, hammer, stylus, gasoline bombs, etc.; while Zhao's backpack contained gasoline bombs, lighters, etc.
Failed to accompany his wife to give birth after being arrested
When Fang was arrested in November of the previous year, his wife who suffered from prenatal depression was about to give birth, but Fang was not released on bail and was unable to accompany his wife to give birth to a son. Until May last year, Fang was granted 100,000 yuan in cash. He was released on bail when his son was nearly 6 months old.
It is reported that Fang was also awarded the "Fish Chicken Rope" in a rescue operation on Fei E Shan in 2017.
The defendant Fang Zhixiong (33 years old, firefighter) is now
Case Number: DCCC259/2020
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