The disbanded stake, along with its former chairman Li Zhuoren, former vice-chairmen Ho Junren and Zou Xingtong, were charged with the crime of inciting subversion of state power. The case will be heard again today (10th) at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court. Cai Yaochang applied for a stake Fang handled stake matters, but the Acting Chief Magistrate Luo Quan refused. Luo Guan also pointed out that the Official Receiver was the only suitable representative at this stage, but the three defendants including Cai did not agree. , a joke of "self-composed, self-directed, self-acted".
The ORO's attorney also said the stake has legal issues to be clarified.
Luo Guan finally adjourned the case to February 10, so that the court and the prosecution could discuss the legal status of the stake and whether the director could serve as a stake representative. The other three defendants were allowed to sit in but not speak. .
Separately, the prosecution said the case would be referred to the High Court for trial, adjourned to the arraignment date for the case on February 14.
Luo Guan refused to let Cai Yaochang represent the stake
One of the defendants, the stake, had its company registration cancelled and no legal representative was present. The liquidator, Cai Yaochang, was temporarily listed as an interested party earlier to handle related matters.
Cai Zheng was serving a sentence for the June 4 case the year before last, and he asked Jun to represent the stake in this capacity, but Luo Guan pointed out that the stakeholder was not a representative of the company, and also said that this role was a furry, "Sitting with the audience, there is nothing to worry about. Separately”, also known as the legal representative must go through relevant procedures and authorization.
The prosecution also stated that, seeing no legal basis for Cai to represent the stake, Luo Guan finally decided to terminate Cai's agency status.
Cai Yaochang, who is serving his sentence on June 4-related cases, applied to continue representing a stake that had been deregistered, but was rejected by the court.
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OMB says stake identity has legal issues to be clarified
Senior counsel Li Shaoqiang appeared in court today on behalf of the Official Receiver's Office. He said that there are legal issues that need to be clarified about the identity of the stake. He also said that he only received the entrustment 10 days ago, and only received the prosecution documents last Friday, so it takes more time to understand , and then discuss the stake legal status dispute.
Li Zhuoren and other 3 defendants objected to the representative stake of the OBA
Li Zhuo and He Junren, who dismissed the lawyer's representative today, and Zou Xingtong, who was not represented by a lawyer, made statements successively, expressing their opposition to the ORO representing the stake, saying that if the ORO used its own methods to explain the case and plead guilty, they would all To the disadvantage of the other defendants, they all requested to appear and make statements at the Feb. 10 hearing of the stake legal dispute.
Li Zhuoren pointed out that using government departments as representatives is like "the left hand beats the right hand", which violates natural justice.
Luo Guan responded that each defendant is an independent individual and cannot influence others in criminal proceedings, and they have no power or status to make statements.
Zou Xingtong pointed out that the interrogation will become the government suing the government
Zou pointed out that because the decision of the day will affect the defendants, he believes that each defendant has a role to make an argument to ensure a fair trial, otherwise the trial will become a "government vs. government", "self-made, self-directed, self-acted". a joke.
However, Luo Guan pointed out that whether it is fair or not will be dealt with in further legal procedures, and it will not be dealt with on the day of February 10.
He Junren finally said that if they directly participated in the discussion on February 10, it would save some time.
All three defendants objected to the Broken Branch representing the stake.
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3 people are allowed to attend the hearing
Luo Guan finally pointed out that the Official Receiver has not yet reached a final conclusion on whether to represent the stake, and the remaining defendants can consider what legal procedures to take to protect their rights after a decision is made.
He finally approved the three people to attend the audition on the same day, but they were not allowed to speak, and emphasized that any applications should be handled through separate procedures.
4 defendants: Stake, former stake chairman Li Zhuoren (64 years old, union officer), former vice chairman Ho Junren (69 years old, lawyer) and Zou Xingtong (36 years old, lawyer).
They are charged with inciting others to organize, plan, carry out or participate in the implementation of acts aimed at subverting state power by illegal means in Hong Kong from July 1, 2020 to September 8, 2021, that is, to overthrow and undermine the fundamental system, or overthrow the central government of the People's Republic of China.
Case number: WKCC3632/2021
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