Zou Xingtong refused to apply for bail in a case involving national security law and retains the right to go to court next week

The National Security Department of the police earlier cited the "Minato National Security Act" to prosecute 7 stakeholders related to the stake, and charged them in two separate cases. Among them, the chairman of the association, Li Zhuoren, vice chairman He Junren, and Zou Xingtong, were accused of inciting others to use illegal means. , To overthrow China’s fundamental system or the central government, and were charged with inciting subversion of state power; Zou and four other standing committee members were charged with failing to comply with the notice issued by the "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the National Security Law". All the defendants’ bail applications were in the last time Rejected at the time of arraignment.

Among them, Zou Jin (15th) went to the West Kowloon Court to handle the bail review for the two cases, but the acting chief Magistrate Luo Quan refused.

Zou reserves the right to review bail for 8 days and will do another bail review on the afternoon of the 24th of this month.

Zou You applied to the court to release restrictions on the legal procedures for reporting bail, but was also refused.

The first case involved 4 defendants: Stake, Stake Chairman Li Zhuoren (64 years old, trade union officer), Vice Chairman He Junren (69 years old, lawyer) and Zou Xingtong (36 years old, lawyer).

They are accused of inciting others to organize, plan, implement, or participate in the implementation of illegal means to subvert state power in Hong Kong from July 1, 2020 to September 8, 2021, that is, to overthrow and undermine the fundamentals of the People’s Republic of China. System, or overthrow the central government of the People’s Republic of China.

Another case involved five defendants: Zou Xingtong (36 years old, lawyer), vice chairman of the stake, Deng Yuejun (53 years old, unemployed), member of the Standing Committee of the stake, Liang Jinwei (36 years old, district councilor), and Chen Duowei (57 years old, driver) ) And Xu Hanguang (72 years old, retired).

Five people were involved in violating the Implementation Rules of the National Security Law. On September 8, 2021, they were served as stake officers or managers or persons who assisted in management under the regulations, but they did not comply with the requirements of the notice.

Case No.: WKCC3622, 3363/2021

Stake case | Social activists continued to support Zou Xingtong in the police car and looked at reporters in the Stake Alliance. Seven people were accused of violating the Hong Kong National Security Law. Zou Xingtong and 4 Standing Committee members were denied bail. Four people including Zou Xingtong were arrested in the United Kingdom: Beijing uses the National Security Law to stifle political dissent, Zou Xingtong and others arrested by the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office and the Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China: The National Security Administration strongly supports the violation of the law.

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