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Written by: Li Huina
2021-06-16 17:12
Last update date: 2021-06-16 17:12
Tang Yingjie, a man involved in riding a motorcycle displaying the banner of "Recovering Hong Kong's Revolution of the Times", was charged with violating the National Security Law.
The case is being pre-trial today (16th). The defense intends to add two briefs to the legal team, and both of them will voluntarily assist the defendant. However, the court is concerned that the original team was appointed by the Legal Aid Department and the new team is private Appointed, the court challenged the practice.
The defense later dropped the application, and the court explained that it was concerned about conflicts of interest.
The case will start next Wednesday.
The applicant, Tang Yingjie (24 years old), was charged with one count of inciting others to split the country and one count of terrorist activity, and one count of alternate charges of terrorist activity causing serious bodily harm by dangerous driving. The case has been scheduled for The trial on the 23rd of this month is expected to take 15 days.
The hearing was handled by three national security law judges: Peng Baoqin, Du Libing and Chen Jiaxin.
The defense originally applied for the addition of two big pleading obligations to assist the defendant in waiving it later
The case is being pre-trial today. The defense team was originally represented by Senior Counsel Kwok Siu-ming and Barrister Lau Wai-chung, and the defendant was funded by legal aid to hire two lawyers.
However, the defense intends to add two new cases today, namely Senior Counsel Qi Zhi and Barrister Ma Yashan, both of whom are obliged to assist the defendant, and Qi Zhi will be responsible for the expert testimony during the trial.
However, the court said that it involved public money and had reservations about the practice. It also questioned whether the Legal Aid Department did not have to pay for the part of the obligation to assist in handling the case?
Representatives of the Legal Aid Department also came to court to express their opposition to the practice, worrying that if there is a problem in the trial, which party will be responsible for the case?
Li Lifeng, Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication at CUHK, will serve as an expert witness for the defense.
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The review does not set the jury to lose the first national security law defendant filed an appeal alleging that the trial was fair
The first trial judge of the National Security Act in June today ruled that the crime of inciting others does not need to prove the element of violence
The prosecution of the first National Security Act submitted an expert report to the judge on the slogan "Light Time"
Li Lifeng, Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication at CUHK, will serve as an expert witness for the defense
In the afternoon, the defense decided to abandon the application, and only continued to employ representatives of Senior Counsel Guo Zhaoming and Barrister Liu Weicong through legal aid.
The court expressed its willingness to see the issue resolved and explained that the court was concerned about conflicts of interest.
The court dealt with the details of the call of witnesses in the afternoon. The prosecution will tentatively call 15 witnesses. It will also challenge the qualifications of defense expert Li Lifeng, Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication of the University of China, and question whether his professional scope is not related to the issues of this case.
Case Number: HCCC280/2020
Hong Kong version of the National Security Law High Court
