Two male and female candidates who participated in the New Territories West Legislative Council election in 2020 were accused of failing to submit election returns as required. Kwun Tong Magistrates' Court to appear.
As the male defendant was awaiting the result of the compulsory quarantine and was unable to appear in court, the court adjourned his case until Friday for retrial; the female defendant said during the trial today that she failed to run for election and did not agree to be prosecuted, saying: " What?" She also added, "I didn't hand in my homework, why don't I go to shoot?" The magistrate adjourned her case until Friday and she was granted bail of 1,000 yuan.
Two defendants: Zhao Baoqin (47 years old, nurse) and Wang Zhenlin (41 years old, bus driver), were charged as candidates on the New Territories West nomination list for the 2020 Legislative Council Election for failing to press and Illegal Acts) Regulations to file election returns.
The male defendant is waiting for the result of the compulsory quarantine
The prosecution said that the male defendant, Wang Zhenlin, was awaiting the results of the compulsory quarantine and was unable to appear in court for the time being. Therefore, his case was adjourned to Friday for retrial. If he had a positive test result, the case would be postponed again.
The female defendant, Zhao Baoqin, was not represented by a lawyer. After the director of interpretation read out the charges to her, she said in court that she failed to run for election that year and did not agree to be prosecuted for this.
Due to the impact of the epidemic, the 2020 Legislative Council general election has been postponed for a year until 2021.
Case No.: KTCC153/2022
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