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Written by: Chen Jiayi
2021-04-28 16:40
Last update date: 2021-04-28 16:40
On the evening of the half anniversary of the 831 Prince Edward Station incident last year, some citizens gathered in Mong Kok and more than 30 people clamored in the early hours of the morning.
One of the 36-year-old IVE students was accused of failing to leave after the police fired a pepper ball gun, and rushed to the police line, cursing "X your mother is dead black police", and was arrested for participating in an illegal assembly.
He was found not guilty in the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court today (28th). The magistrate stated that he was alone in scolding the police. He appeared one after the other with more than 30 people and failed to prove that he illegally assembled and disrupted social peace.
The defendant Chen Ziquan (36 years old) is a student of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE). He was involved in an illegal assembly with other unknown persons at the junction of Nathan Road and Argyle Street in Mong Kok on March 1, 2020.
On the night of the incident, more than 30 people gathered at the junction of Nathan Road and Argyle Street and shouted swearing, including "Black Police Die Family" and "X Your Mother Die Black Police".
The witness inspector used a loudspeaker to warn the people at the scene twice that they were participating in an illegal assembly and displayed a blue flag, but the crowd did not disperse.
Another witness, a riot police officer, fired three pepper balls under warning. Most of the people dispersed. After that, the two saw the defendant standing on the road for the first time. He once said, "Shoot me, the black policeman" and so on. The police arrested him and Bring it back into the line of defense.
The defendant Chen Ziquan was found guilty of the crime of illegal assembly.
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The magistrate alleged that the defendant yelled foul language and appeared at different times with more than 30 others.
The inspector confessed that he agreed that the defendant rushed to the police line and scolded the police with foul language, and did not commit any other violent acts. No one set fire or destroyed property.
Riot police officers also stated that no suspicious items were found on the defendant.
Magistrate Liu Shuxian was satisfied with the confession of the two police officers, saying that they were honest and reliable. Even if there were omissions in the written confession, it was added later.
In her verdict, she stated that the two police officers did not pay attention to whether the defendant was among the 30 people. The riot police fired three pepper balls before seeing the defendant scolding the police alone for the first time.
For the crime of participating in an illegal assembly, it is necessary to prove that three or more people have disturbed the order, or acted in a threatening or insulting manner.
Liu Guan stated that the defendant yelled in foul language at that time, and appeared successively at different times with the more than 30 people, failing to prove that they had a common purpose and constituted an illegal assembly.
Moreover, he "bringed in large characters to scare and stop scaring." There was not enough evidence to show that he disrupted social peace, so he was found guilty of the crime.
Case Number: WKCC2540/2020
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