Huang Biyun and Yin Zhaojian were charged with contempt for casting multiple votes and postponed until October for re-submission

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Written by: Lu Leqian

2021-04-13 16:31

Last update date: 2021-04-13 16:31

Former Democratic Party members of the Legislative Council Yin Siu Kin and Huang Biyun were accused of casting more than one ballot into the ballot box during the election of the chairman of the Legislative Council's Environmental Affairs Committee on October 16 last year. Huang Yu was accused of selecting development affairs on October 15 When the committee chairman, he rushed out of the rostrum to "grab the microphone" in protest.

The two were accused of obstructing the meeting and were charged with contempt earlier. They will appear in Eastern District Court today (13th).

The defense applied for adjournment of the case to October 4, in order to wait for the Court of Final Appeal to approve the court's verdict on the 2016 case where Liang Guoxiong was accused of robbing Ma Shaoxiang, then deputy director of the Development Bureau, and suspected of committing contempt.

While awaiting trial, the two were released on bail with cash of 1,000 yuan, but Yin Zhaojian was not released on bail due to the primary election case, so he still needs to continue to be remanded in custody after interrogation.

Defendants Yin Siu Kin (51) and Huang Biyun (62) were charged with one count of contempt, alleging that they disrupted the meeting of the Legislative Council committee in the Legislative Council building on October 16, 2020, and interrupted the proceedings of the meeting or is likely to be interrupted, which violated Section 17(c) of the Legislative Council (Rights and Privileges) Ordinance.

Huang Yu was charged with one additional count of contempt, alleging that she and Xu Zhifeng disrupted the meeting of the Legislative Council committee on that day on October 15, 2020, causing the proceedings of the meeting to be interrupted or likely to be interrupted, which also violated the Legislative Council (Rights and Privileges) Ordinance "Article 17(c).

Since the Court of Final Appeal will later start a trial on the suspected contempt of contempt of former Legislative Council member Leung Kwok-hsiung in November 2016, it applied for adjournment of the case until October 4, pending the resignation of the final court. The court approved.

While awaiting trial, the two defendants were allowed to go out on bail of 1,000 yuan in cash and were not allowed to leave Hong Kong during the period. However, Yin Zhaojian was accused of violating the National Security Law because of his participation in the primary election of the Legislative Council. Under the supervision of the Education Department.

Regarding the case of Leung Kwok-hung, Leung was accused of snatching documents from the desk of Ma Shaoxiang, then Deputy Director of the Development Bureau, during the discussion of Wang Chau Development in the Housing and Development Committee of the Legislative Council in November 2016, and was charged with violating the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) The offence of contempt under the Ordinance; after the case was heard by the Magistrates’ Court, Liang was found not guilty; the Department of Justice appealed to the High Court, and Liang then applied for an appeal to the Court of Final Appeal. Trial on 31st.

It is reported that the prosecution alleged that Huang Biyun and Xu Zhifeng rushed out of the rostrum during the election of the chairperson of the Legislative Council Development Committee on October 15, 2020, to protest against the arrangement of Xie Weiquan, the chairperson of the meeting, to accept the nomination of the democrats. Among them, Huang Biyun was accused of robbing the rostrum. The microphone spoke and then left the venue to protest. Xu Zhifeng was accused of taking some votes from the stage, which hindered the meeting procedures.

Regarding the charge on October 16 of the same year, it is reported that during the election of the chairman of the Legislative Council's Environmental Affairs Committee, Huang Biyun handed a ballot paper of the same color but different content to Yin Zhaojian during the election of the chairman of the Legislative Council Environmental Affairs Committee that day; Yin was accused After that, the ballot was cast into the ballot box, so that the total number of ballots in the box was one more than normal, thus obstructing the meeting procedures.

Case Number: ESCC 757-758/2021

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