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Two teenagers admit to destroying Donghai Church official letter, wrongly convicted situation, and violently vent their sentence to rehabilitate and labor camp

2022-06-21T05:47:27.405Z


On August 7 of the previous year, several teenagers sneaked into the Tseung Hoi Tang bakery in Tseung Kwan O Plaza in the early hours of the morning and caused extensive damage. Many people were arrested afterwards. Two of the 14-year-old and 16-year-old teenagers at the time of the incident earlier pleaded guilty to one count of criminal damage.


On August 7 of the previous year, several teenagers sneaked into the Tseung Hoi Tang bakery in Tseung Kwan O Plaza in the early hours of the morning and caused extensive damage. Many people were arrested afterwards.

Two of the 14-year-old and 16-year-old teenagers at the time of the incident earlier pleaded guilty to one count of criminal damage and were sentenced in the District Court today (21st).

Judge Li Qingnian pointed out that the two defendants committed the crime in the early hours of the morning. There were no crowds or police officers gathered nearby, so there was no chance to stir up more chaos. The sabotage lasted only about one minute. Therefore, the seriousness of the circumstances of this case is low to medium. He believed that the two had wrongly judged the situation, and chose to vent violently to solve social problems. They were sentenced to rehabilitative and labor camps respectively, and hoped that the two would be sentenced in an orderly, punished, educated and rehabilitated manner.


The two defendants, Liu Zhanhong, 18, and a 15-year-old boy, both pleaded guilty to damaging the screens of two cash registers belonging to Maxim's Food Co., Ltd. at Tung Hoi Hall, Tseung Kwan O Plaza, on August 7, 2020. An Octopus card reader, an electronic barcode scanner, a wooden door and a window gluer.

No conflict broke out

When sentencing, Li Guan pointed out that although the nature of the charges in this case was serious and the incident involved one of a series of social movement incidents, considering that the defendant committed the crime in the early hours of the morning and there were no crowds gathered nearby, there was no chance to stir up greater chaos. It did not affect or hurt the clerk, customer, or passers-by, and the behavior involved only lasted about 1 minute.

In addition, there were no police officers present at the time, which avoided the outbreak of conflict between the two sides, and therefore did not cause panic among the children present, the elderly or the weak passing by. Therefore, the court assessed the circumstances of the case as low to moderate seriousness.

Choose violence to solve social problems

Li Guan continued to point out that the two defendants are young first-time offenders. Because of the misjudgment of the situation, they chose to use violence to vent and solve social problems, and now they deeply regret it.

Report points to more naughty rebellion after accused socialist movement

Li Guan's subsequent sentencing took into account that the first defendant Liu Zhanhong's probation officer's report was positive, and Liu was sentenced to a rehabilitation center; the second defendant's probation report was average, and the second defendant's physical and mental assessment was relatively negative, and he became more naughty and rebellious after the social movement incident. , After being arrested, his attitude was lazy, so the second defendant was sentenced to a labor camp.

Case No.: DCCC 372, 373 & 374/ 2021

Donghaitang was damaged and needs more than 40,000 yuan to repair. A 17-year-old boy once destroyed a storage rack and pleaded guilty to a sentence The assistant of the district councillor in front of the glass window pleaded guilty, saying that he knew his mistake and offered to pay 97,000. The takeaway was sentenced to 6 months in prison for writing insulting words in the men's toilet or inspiring people with different attitudes.

Source: hk1

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