Tseung Kwan O Plaza Tung Hoi Hall was vandalized by many people in 2020, including the cash register, dining counter and floor, which required more than 40,000 yuan to repair.
One of them, a 17-year-old man who was photographed destroying a storage rack in the store that day, pleaded guilty to criminal damage and was sentenced in the West Kowloon Court today (1st).
District Court Deputy Judge Xu Zhaoqiang pointed out that the behavior of the defendant and others on that day was aimed at people with different political views, and the "decoration" behavior with hatred and intimidation was indeed like "underworld seeking revenge", but considering the great changes in the family that the defendant encountered, it was a good time. Affected by the social atmosphere and other factors, the anti-revision case went astray due to lack of parental discipline, and was eventually sentenced to a labor camp.
The 17-year-old male defendant admitted that on August 7, 2020, at Tung Hoi Hall, Shop 78, 1/F, Tseung Kwan O Plaza, he damaged the floor and a table of about 1m x 1m belonging to Maxim's Food Co., Ltd., and damaged two The screen of a cash register, an Octopus reader, an electronic barcode scanner, a wooden door and a window gluer with intent to damage the property or reckless whether the property will be damaged.
During the anti-amendment movement, Donghaitang was often harassed and vandalized.
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Defendant's father died of acute tuberculosis
Xu Guan quoted the plea that the defendant's parents divorced in 2017, his father died of acute tuberculosis the following year, and the defendant was also infected and required treatment, and his mother has been strictly disciplined since then.
Later, in order to avoid conflicts between the two, the mother would go out to work at night, and the defendant's grades were later regressed due to neglect of discipline.
The defense continued to point out that the defendant was young and ignorant, committed the crime due to ignorance and lack of understanding of social events.
Decoration behavior is like a triad seeking revenge
Xu Guan's sentence pointed out that August 2020 is the end of the 2019 anti-amendment incident.
The defendant and others had a premeditated crime that day, dressed in black and masked to make it difficult to be traced afterwards.
Their behavior is aimed at people of dissent, and is commonly known as "decoration" behavior with hatred and intimidation.
However, they chose to commit the crime in the early hours of the day, and no one else saw the scene, so there is no argument that others were frightened or booed.
Defendant had excellent grades
Xu Guan continued to point out that he believed that the great changes in the family had an impact on the growth and psychology of young people. He pointed out that the defendant was originally a student with excellent grades and actively participated in extracurricular activities, but his success plummeted after he entered high school.
Xu Guan finally took into account the fact that when the defendant was promoted to Secondary 2, it was an anti-amendment incident, the crime was violently exaggerated by the social atmosphere, peers, and the media, and he went astray due to lack of parental discipline, and finally sentenced him to a labor camp.
Case numbers: DCCC 372/2021, 373, 374/2021
Two teenagers confessed to destroying Donghai Hall at night, the official letter of wrong sentence, and violently vented sentenced to rehabilitate and forced labor center Donghai Hall to be destroyed, requiring more than 40,000 yuan to repair the 17-year-old boy who destroyed the storage rack, pleaded guilty, and sentenced the 16-year-old man to the damage The restaurant official of Maxim's said that deterrence factors must be considered. At the beginning of the year, the Rehabilitation Center was sentenced to be sprayed with petrol bombs and scum at Maxim's Bakery in Cheung Sha Wan. Police detained the 17-year-old boy for blocking the road in August