The 831 incident judge ruled that the evidence was established, and the defendant argued that he was a "photographer" and then looked at the camera

On August 31, 2019, three men were charged with 7 crimes, including illegal assembly, riot and robbery, in the clash at MTR Prince Edward Station.

The case was resumed in the District Court today (21st). After the judge ruled that the evidence was established, the first defendant who only participated in the illegal assembly on Nathan Road appeared in court, claiming that he had dinner in Mong Kok that day and left because of "gossip". Seeing the demonstrators, he also pointed out that he knew that there were reporters present at the time, so he looked at the media camera because he "thought he would be on camera."

The first defendant also explained that at the time of the crime, he was wearing a green bottoming shirt, black shirt and black pants, and a pair of white sneakers, which was his style of dressing. With his green hair, "this is a contrasting style."

The case continues.

The three defendants, Jian Zibin (21 years old), Lian Junxiong (19 years old) and Zhuo Jiahao (24 years old), were charged with 7 crimes including riot, illegal assembly, criminal damage, assault causing bodily harm, common assault and robbery .

Defendant Jian Zibin (checkered shirt) appeared in court today to defend himself.

(Photo by Ling Ziqi)

Self-defense, after attending a birthday banquet in Mong Kok, he went to the crowd to find out because of "gossip"

The first defendant, Jian Zibin, who only participated in the illegal assembly on Nathan Road in Mong Kok and was not involved in the riots at the subway station, testified in court and revealed that he had serious acne problems at the time of the case, and his face would appear red, swollen and scars, which made him feel stressed, so He often wears a mask when going out, "to feel safe and more confident", including when he attended his grandfather's birthday party on the day of the incident.

In short, after attending the birthday banquet with his family at the Grand Plaza in Mong Kok that day, when he left, he saw crowds gathering, making noise and blocking the road on Nathan Road. Because of "gossip", he went to the crowd to find out what happened.

He stayed at the scene for about 10 minutes, during which time he received a call from his father asking for his location.

When he said that he was on Nathan Road, his father asked, "Why don't you hurry up? It's too dangerous." He also pointed out that his son was dressed in black like the demonstrators, which might make people misunderstand that they were accomplices.

After the conversation is over, simply leave the scene.

Talking about the clothes that day, Jian pointed out that he was wearing a green bottoming shirt, black shirt and black pants, and a pair of white sneakers that day, explaining that it was his style of dressing, the green bottoming shirt matched his green hair, black shirt lining Black trousers and three pairs of white shoes lined with white on the black trousers, "this is a style of contrasting colors", and the bottoming shirt is longer than the top to create a sense of layering.

In addition, because the weather report predicted rain that day, Jane also brought a long-handled umbrella.

Earlier, the victim Y testified that the man in black blocked the car door from closing and caused a dispute.

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Emphasize that I did not build roadblocks, participate in blocking roads or shout slogans, etc.

Jane was photographed by the media that night and once looked into the camera.

In this regard, he said that he knew that there were reporters present at the time, "I just wanted to be on camera, to see if the camera would affect me."

He did not know the demonstrators present, and he did not build roadblocks, participate in blocking roads, or shout slogans during his stay.

Jian continued to point out that after leaving Nathan Road, he planned to take the subway home and got on the train at Mong Kok Station. In order to avoid being misunderstood as being with the demonstrators, he threw away his black shirt on the platform before boarding the train.

When the train arrived at Prince Edward Station, the doors were left open for a long time, and then an announcement was heard in the station indicating that Prince Edward Station was closed and passengers were asked to leave.

At first he thought the train would start again, and there were still other passengers waiting in the car, so he stepped out of the car to take the escalator after a few minutes.

Case No.: DCCC 737/2020

831 incident｜Female victim Z claimed that the two were pushed into the glass door and her index finger was broken and could not be bent normally Pointing gestures like half a martial arts master The defense questioned or escalated the conflict 831 incident｜The man in black in the compartment argued with others Passengers mediation was stabbed in the throat and neck by sharpened walking sticks Changing clothes under the cover of an umbrella The prosecution of the 831 Prince Edward Station incident accused someone of pulling a bullet and shooting passengers 3 men denied 7 crimes including rioting