A police-civilian clash occurred in Tsuen Wan during the National Day of the National Day last November. Tseng Zhijian, a Form 5 male student, was shot and fell to the ground. control.
"Jianzi" had already declared exile earlier. The doctoral student in the same case pleaded guilty to the crime of illegal assembly in the District Court today (16th).
According to the prosecution plan, the doctoral student did not throw bricks or sundries at the police that day. After his arrest on the spot, he has always been concerned about the injured "Jianzi" who fell on the ground. His lawyer also pointed out that the doctoral student has always dreamed of becoming a great scientist, but This dream has been disillusioned, but he is still working hard. He completed his doctoral program in the past two years and obtained first-level honors.
The judge adjourned the case to October 15 and sentenced the defendant to bail on the original conditions.
The prosecution accepted that the defendant had never thrown objects at the police
The defendant Qiu Hongda (28 years old, a student of Polytechnic University) was originally charged with rioting, but the prosecution accepted him pleaded guilty to the alternate charge of unlawful assembly. He alleged that he was on October 1, 2019 in Taihe Road, Taihe Road North and Taihe Road, Tsuen Wan. The area around the Horseshoe Crab and other unknown persons participated in an illegal assembly.
The prosecution accepted that after Zeng Zhijian was shot and fell to the ground, he immediately rushed towards Zeng holding an umbrella. After being subdued by the police, he continued to ask the police to find someone to rescue Zeng.
The prosecution also agreed that the defendant was not a frontline demonstrator on that day, nor did he throw anything at the police.
The defendant Qiu Hongda pleaded guilty to illegal assembling, and the prosecution accepted him standing behind the demonstrators that day and never throwing objects at the police.
(Photo by Liu Anqi)
Written papers published in international authoritative journals
When the defense pleaded, the defendant was the only child in the family and his parents were both cleaners.
The defendant had a good character and was determined to be strong. He had applied for the college entrance examination twice and the college entrance examination. Although the results were not satisfactory, he never gave up.
He was arrested in 2019. In the past two years, he completed his Ph.D. program in physics and graduated with a level 1 honor. A paper he wrote was published in an international authoritative journal.
After being arrested, he couldn't help calling the police to find someone to rescue Zeng
The lawyer also pointed out that after seeing the first defendant Zeng Zhijian fell to the ground that day, the defendant raised his hands to help out, showing that he did not want to carry out the attack.
His conversation with the police also revolved around Zeng, who asked to find someone to rescue him from the ground.
Desire to become a scientist
The defense finally quoted the defendant's self-written letter of plea that the defendant was eager to "become a great scientist." For this reason, he had undergone two examinations and an advanced level examination.
He said to himself: "I have thought that when my dream can finally come true after all kinds of training, my story will become a story of Hong Kong people's struggle against adversity in the future." Even if he fails to achieve his dream, he still hopes to continue. Promote the development of scientific research in Hong Kong, change the stereotype of Hong Kong's scientific research, and hope to nurture a great Hong Kong scientist in the future.
There was a shooting incident in the clash in Tsuen Wan on October 1, 2019, and demonstrators were injured.
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Many people threw petrol bombs at the police line that day
According to the case, a large number of demonstrators assembled and blocked roads in Tsuen Wan on the day of the incident, and the police arrived at 3:40 pm to disperse.
At that time, about 200 demonstrators occupied Hai Pa Street and built a "line of defense" with debris at the junction of Hai Pa Street and Kai Chi Street. After hiding in the water horse and "Umbrella Array," they confronted the police, and some even turned to the police. Throwing petrol bombs.
The police fired tear gas and used rubber bullets.
The defendant has been standing behind the demonstrators
At about 4 pm, the demonstrators continued to advance, the police line of defense continued to retreat, crossing the river and the north of the river, the demonstrators continued to throw bricks and other objects at the police.
During the period, the defendant wore a yellow helmet behind the demonstrators and ran towards the retreating police officer. He stopped halfway and never threw bricks and other objects.
When someone is shot, he will go forward and check
Later, the police chief and his team members were surrounded by demonstrators outside Zhuo Ming Building in Limulus Square, and were thrown bricks and other objects.
The sergeant drew his gun on guard. At that time, a demonstrator hit the sergeant's right forearm with a white stick. The sergeant fired a shot at the main body of the sergeant, and the demonstrator fell to the ground.
At this time, the defendant rushed to the ground demonstrator and caught the white metal rod, but was pushed to the ground by police officers shortly afterwards.
After being subdued, the defendant kept asking police officers to arrange ambulance personnel to assist the demonstrator who fell to the ground.
Case Number: DCCC 485/2020
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