Anti-amendment bill｜Do not control 7000 arrestees? Song Enrong: Ye Zhaohui should be notified: the first step of reconciliation

More than 10,000 people were arrested in anti-revision incidents in 2019, of which about 3,000 were prosecuted, and it is estimated that 7,000 people have not yet been prosecuted.

New Thinking Legislative Councilor Di Zhiyuan today (23rd) quoted Secretary for Justice Lam Ting-kwok as saying that the vast majority of unprosecuted cases will be closed.

Song Enrong, the founder of the "Transformation Project", which provides support to the arrested youths against the amendment, thinks it is good news, but it is still not confirmed whether it is true or not. If it is true, the authorities should notify those involved one by one, otherwise "there will still be psychological threats."

He had contact with a young man who was arrested. Although he was not prosecuted, he had always been worried and had difficulty making long-term plans. Even though his grades were good enough to enter a local university, he was worried that he might be jailed in the future, so he finally gave up enrolling.

Ip Siu-fai, director of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Suicide Prevention Research Center of the University of Hong Kong, once assisted youths who opposed the amendment incident. He believes that if the news is true, it is the first step in restoring society, but it is only the first step. Some core issues involved in the demonstrations have not yet been resolved. However, according to the current political development, the situation is not optimistic.

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Song Enrong pointed out that the persons involved in the case should be notified one by one

Otherwise "there is still a psychological threat"

Song Enrong said that this is good news, but it was only quoted by Di Zhiyuan unilaterally. He believes that it is not completely accurate and still needs to be officially announced by the government.

He continued that even if it is only an internal decision not to investigate the case and to abandon the prosecution, the persons involved in the case should be formally notified one by one and the evidence returned, otherwise "there will still be psychological threats."

The arrested youth fears that he will be prosecuted at any time and give up entering university

Song Enrong pointed out that he had heard that after a young man was arrested, although he was not formally prosecuted, he was worried that he would be charged in the future, which would waste his tuition and time, so he gave up his degree and took some short-term courses instead, even though his grades were enough to enter a university. Difficult to make long-term planning.

Song believes that if the government does not prosecute the remaining 7,000 arrestees, if the news is true, it will help mend social rifts. The trial was delayed for at least a year, and even the judge criticized it from time to time. He hoped that the authorities would deal with it as soon as possible.

Justice delayed is a denial of justice!

Song Enrong, founder of "Transformation Project"

Ye Zhaohui: The core issue that caused a large number of citizens to take to the streets has not been resolved

Yip Siu-fai also assisted arrested youths who opposed the amendment.

He believes that if the news is true, it will help the arrested persons and their relatives and friends. He believes that this move is the first step in repairing society, but it is only the first step. At the beginning, anti-revision demonstrations caused a large number of citizens to take to the streets, which involved some democracy, justice, The core values ​​such as fairness are still unresolved at the moment, but according to the current political development, the situation is not optimistic.

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