Tang Yingjie, a man, was suspected of riding a motorcycle displaying the "Revolution of Hong Kong Times" flag on July 1 last year and was accused of inciting others to split the country. Li Lifeng, a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication of CUHK, continued to testify on behalf of the defense. He gave a testimony in the morning. Experts on the prosecution side interpreted the "Guangshi" slogan only as splitting Hong Kong out of China, and believed that the prosecution’s justifications were insufficient.
The prosecutor Zhou Tianxing questioned Li Shi in the afternoon, saying that when the police were studying the "light time" slogan, they also counted the number of times that elements of splitting or subverting the country appeared. He believed that the police's statistics were more reliable than Li's research.
Li responded: "Of course it's not." He reiterated that the slogan "Guangshi" is ambiguous and should be open to people's interpretation.
Refers to the defense research period is relatively short
The prosecutor Zhou Tianxing began cross-examination in the afternoon. He pointed out that the research conducted by the two defense professors, except for the statistics of the "light time" posts in the Lian Dang discussion area, other research methods were as of January 2020, and did not cover 2020. February to July of the year.
Professor Li Lifeng responded that he only retracted the defense's instructions to write an expert report in April this year.
Zhou pointed out that Li could continue his research after receiving instructions.
Li responded that he could not go back to the past to do research, but said he could still consider it based on the data at hand.
Ambiguous interpretation cannot be said to be correct or incorrect
Zhou Xu accused Fang's expert, Liu Zhipeng, a professor in the Department of History at Lingnan University, that "Kuangshi" was about to separate Hong Kong from China, and insisted that this view is correct.
Li responded that Liu’s view cannot be said to be correct or incorrect, but this slogan is ambiguous. Just as Li’s research uses group discussions, participants have different views on "Light Time". Liu also provided his views on "Light Time". Interpretation.
But Li added that he would not interpret it personally.
The defense experts' views on the slogan "Light Time".
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Considering the slogan also depends on the context
Zhou also stated that the senior police inspector, Zhang Weiwen, counted the number of times when the slogan "Time of Light" appeared during demonstrations, which was accompanied by the elements of splitting or subverting the country, in order to establish the connection between them. Therefore, the research method of the police is better than that of Li. The research method is more reliable.
Li Xiaoyan said: "Of course not (Of course not)." Then he hung up and laughed at the audience.
Li explained that it did not mean that the police statistics were unreliable, but he questioned the method of interpretation, only emphasizing that "light time", "time and time", and splitting or subverting the country at the same time, also need to consider its context.
The defendant Tang Yingjie, 24 years old, reported as a waiter.
He was charged with 1 count of inciting others to split the country and 1 count of terrorist activity, and 1 count of dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to others, which is an alternate count of terrorist activity.
The trial continued, and Li Lifeng continued to give evidence.
Case number: HCCC280/2020
Prosecution experts' interpretation of the "Light Time" slogan.
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The incident happened.
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