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Coach FB post mentions killing police officer for inciting violence

2022-01-18T06:42:20.777Z


The High Court issued an interim injunction in 2019 against the dissemination of incitement to violence on Liandong, Telegram and other online media. A male fitness trainer posted 2 posts on Facebook shortly after the ban was issued


The High Court issued an interim injunction in 2019 against the dissemination of incitement to violence on Liandong, Telegram and other online media.

Shortly after the ban was issued, a male fitness trainer posted 2 posts on Facebook, containing photos of the police officer who shot Sai Wan Ho, "Kill this shovel", "Hope to see a black man tonight. He admitted to contempt of court and pleaded that he only published an article to vent his anger after seeing the relevant news at the time, but he has since deleted the post and sent an open letter to apologize.

The judge sentenced him today (18th), saying that inciting violence was more serious than the bottom line, and finally sentenced the fitness trainer to 21 days in prison, suspended for 12 months, and he also had to pay 180,000 in legal costs.


Post reprints photo of West Bay police officer shooting

The plaintiff is the Secretary for Justice and the respondent is Song Haode (35 years old).

The plaintiff alleges that the respondent’s two Facebook posts on November 11 and 12, 2019 violated the injunction issued by the High Court earlier prohibiting the publication of information inciting violence. One of the posts contained the opening of Sai Wan Ho. The photo of the gunman was written: "Kill this shovel", another post said: "I hope to see the death of a black policeman tonight, I must see a black policeman die."

Respondent Song Haode admitted contempt of court and was sentenced to 21 days in prison, suspended for one year and to pay 180,000 yuan in costs.

(Photo by Li Huina)

Says he didn't pay attention to the ban and was not accepted

The representative of the Department of Justice pointed out that the two posts attracted many angry comments from netizens, and believed that although the respondent claimed that he had not noticed the ban under the warning, the Department of Justice did not accept the statement, and pointed out that according to the respondent’s browsing records, he often Browsing Ming Pao, Toutiao News and other websites, it is obvious that you often pay attention to the news. He also points out that incitement to violence is more serious than the bottom line, and the post will be spread to others, posing a risk to the police officers mentioned in the post.

The representative of the Department of Justice also believes that the post incites others to kill the police officer concerned. Such incitement must not be tolerated, and the court should impose a penalty of deterrence, that is, imprisonment.

After being arrested, he deleted the article and made a public apology

The defense stated that the respondent had deleted the relevant post after being arrested, and even posted a public apology letter asking others not to share the post, showing that the respondent had remorse for his actions.

The respondent explained that the respondent was dissatisfied with the news of the Sai Wan Ho shooting incident and the rumor that the police would enter CUHK, so he published an article to vent his anger. He also pointed out that the respondent had experienced financial and family problems beforehand and did not notice the ban. , I hope the court will consider probation.

Prosecution delays indictment proceedings for 19 months

Judge Gao Haowen pointed out that the prosecution had decided not to prosecute the defendant in February last year, but the proceedings in this case were only started 19 months later, pointing out that the delay would prevent the court from properly implementing its order.

Make every effort to remedy and prevent the dissemination of information

The judge agreed that incitement to violence was more serious than the bottom line, as the threat was more immediate and immediate, and agreed that the Attorney General would not accept that the respondent was completely oblivious to the injunction, and that the conduct of the case out of anger was not a forceful plea, considering that One of the posts was more like swearing. The respondent was facing financial and emotional pressure at the time of the incident. He tried his best to make amends in his apology letter to prevent further dissemination of the information. The case involved delays, and he decided to impose a suspended sentence.

Case number: HCMP1542/2021

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Source: hk1

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