The FB post said that He Huibin, a former district councillor who would sweep the field and upload a knife photo, was convicted of attempting to punish and convicted of terrorism

Former district councilor Ho Huibin posted on his Facebook page in March last year that there were old neighborhoods gathering illegally to gamble in the district, claiming that he would "sweep the venue" and upload a photo of a knife, and was charged with one count of attempted criminal intimidation.

He denied the charge earlier and was put on trial. The case was decided in the Tuen Mun Court today (25th). Magistrate Shi Zuyiu denounced the defendant's self-defense as unreasonable and contrary to logic. No matter what angle of analysis of the post involved, he failed to achieve his claim. , refused to accept his confession.

Another defendant mentioned in his post that he wanted to "sweep up", saying "I have both sticks, knives and saws", and also called the neighbors to "pay attention to safety", obviously intending to use this to intimidate the gamblers, and was eventually convicted.

The case was adjourned to February 8 for sentencing pending a request for a social service order report, and the defendant was released on bail pending sentencing.

Defendant He Huibin (32) was charged on March 21, 2020, with attempted threat to cause bodily harm to another, with intent to frighten another.

The defense pleaded that after graduating from university in 2011, the defendant was determined to pursue a career in politics and serve the public. He worked successively as an assistant to Tsang Yok-sing and street worker Liang Yaozhong. He was elected as a district councillor in 2020, and resigned in 2021. He is currently working in personnel management. .

The defense emphasized that the defendant was of good character and had good intentions at the beginning of this case, but it was handled in the wrong way, and it must not be committed again in the future. It is hoped that the court can handle it with a fine or a social service order.

Defendant He Huibin was convicted of attempted criminal intimidation.

(Photo by Liu Anqi)

The official does not believe that he wants to kill himself with a knife

When the judge ruled, the defendant argued that he posted a photo of the knife on Facebook because he was troubled by the gambling problem and wanted to use a knife to self-harm, meaning "a knife that can't stab himself", but the defendant said in the entire post. Only the mopping up was mentioned, and there was no mention of "stabbing myself" with a knife.

And the defendant claimed that he did not want to talk too much about personal matters with the neighbors, but posted the matter of self-harm on the account of the district councilor.

And if the defendant was trying to attract the attention of the neighbors, and it was impossible not to explain the matter clearly, the officer therefore believed that the defendant's claim to express what he wanted to express and the content of his post were completely different.

The post mentioned playing Daqu

Shi Guan also did not believe it. The defendant claimed that he did not think carefully when he posted the post, because he clearly mentioned the time and place of the action in the post, and also clearly stated the props that might be used, and said that he wanted to "play the big canal". It can be seen that By no means did the defendants have no plans.

Regarding the defendant who did not intend to use the tone or words to communicate with the neighbors, but only wanted to be reasonable, Officer Shi pointed out that if this was the case, the defendant would not consider bringing knives and other utensils to clean it up. It was against logic and finally refused to accept the defendant's statement.

believes that the defendant clearly intends to intimidate the gamblers

Shi Guan continued to point out that, looking at the entire post involved in the case, just mentioning "sweeping" does not necessarily involve violence, but it is definitely not "sweeping down the ground, dragging down the ground" as he said, and the post mentioned "I have both sticks, knives and saws." ”, and these utensils can be used as offensive weapons, and he said that “it is necessary to spread the canal”, admonishing the neighbors to “be careful” and “don’t have an accident”, obviously intending to use it to intimidate the gambling gang during the sweep. .

When the defendant officially released the post, and only waited for the neighbors to see the post, his behavior had surpassed the preparatory stage and constituted an attempted criminal intimidation, and he was finally convicted.

Case number: TMCC1376/2021

FB released a knife photo accused of trying to punish the former district councilor who said it was difficult to deal with the feeling of gambling together. The photo only metaphors the mood. At noon, Yuen Long District Councillor Ho Wai-bin uploaded a saber photo last year, claiming that he was involved in attempted criminal arrest for attempted criminal arrest

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