More than 10,000 people were arrested during the anti-extradition bill movement, of which about 3,000 were prosecuted, and it is estimated that 7,000 people have not yet been prosecuted.
Di Zhiyuan, member of the Legislative Council of New Thinking, said in the Legislative Council today (23rd) that many political cases have been waiting for a long time to be prosecuted. So far, 70% of the cases have not been prosecuted. He believes that the practice will not help promote social reconciliation, but will further aggravate social tearing.
Di Zhiyuan quoted the Secretary for Justice, Lam Ting-kwok, who said at the front hall exchange meeting this morning that the vast majority of unprosecuted cases should be closed, and the parties should be notified, so as to prevent everyone from continuing to be tortured.
When the Department of Justice received inquiries, it did not confirm the statement.
Zhang Xinyu: 90% of the cases have been prosecuted or closed and the remaining 10% are still being processed
The Legislative Council discussed the "Youth Upward Mobility Policy and Blueprint" today. When Di Zhiyuan spoke, he revealed that in the front hall exchange meeting, he expressed concern to Lin Tingguo about the issue of anti-youth arrests.
He said that many of these political incidents took one to two years to prosecute. In the past, more than 10,000 people were arrested, only 30% were prosecuted, and 70% were pending. Some young people were arrested by the police for more than a year. It will only exacerbate social antagonism.
He pointed out that many young people who were arrested are still studying in universities. He believes that universities should allow students who have made mistakes to return to the right track, and use the existing educational resources of universities to allow students to return to the path of learning.
Hong Kong New Direction Councilor Zhang Xinyu said in an inquiry by "Hong Kong 01" that as early as the first front hall exchange meeting, the Secretary for Justice Lam Ting-kwok had mentioned that 90% of the arrests against the amendment bill had been prosecuted or closed, and the rest 10% is still being processed.
He said that at that time, some members also reported to the secretary that the parties whose cases had been closed should be informed as soon as possible so that the parties would not worry all day long.
Department of Justice: 98.8% of the 1,215 cases submitted by the police have been received and opinions have been given
The Department of Justice did not confirm the relevant statement when responding to media inquiries. It only referred to the cases involved in the anti-amendment bill in 2019. The more serious crimes, such as riots and illegal assemblies, were handled by the special duty team of the Criminal Prosecution Division.
As of today, the group has received a total of 1,215 cases submitted by the police, and has provided legal advice on 1,201 of them, accounting for 98.8% of the cases submitted.
The Department of Justice added that law enforcement agencies will not hand over all ongoing cases to the Department of Justice for the following reasons: (1) the case is still under investigation; (2) the case does not need to be followed up for the time being; Refer the case to the Department of Justice; and (4) The law enforcement agency has handled the case in accordance with established internal procedures.
"Hong Kong 01" is inquiring from the Security Bureau about the progress of other anti-revision cases, including the number of cases that have been arrested but not prosecuted, and are still under investigation.
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