Zou Xingtong, the former vice chairman of the branch association, and four other members of the Standing Committee were accused of failing to submit materials in accordance with the notice issued by the "Rules for the Implementation of the National Security Law". Among them, Zou Xingtong, Deng Yuejun and Xu Hanguang denied the charges. The case was today (6th) in the West Kowloon Court continued.
Zou appeared in court to defend herself. She questioned that the government labeled the Stake Association as a foreign agent because of the dissatisfaction of the organization's remarks, and prosecuted it; the prosecution accused Zou of bringing politics into the case, and accused her of deliberately using Chinese as a testimony , I want more people to understand and report, but Zou responded that he did not understand what is wrong with media reports.
The case was adjourned until this Saturday (10th).
Stake Commitment to Walk with Those Who Pursue Democracy
Zou Xingtong defended herself that, as an ordinary person without power and power, she could not promise to lead to immediate change, but the stake will promise to walk with those who pursue democracy, no matter where they are, whether they are alive or dead, this is the stake of the stake. It has kept its promise for 33 years, and will continue to do so regardless of the survival of the organization.
Zou Xu pointed out that the premise of traveling together is equality and mutual respect. At least not to classify fellow travelers into different categories because of money. If you donate more money, you will have more say. On the contrary, only those who devote time and energy to the organization can affect the development of the organization. .
Zou Xingtong believed that he was prosecuted because the stake association's remarks were not in line with the government's wishes.
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Refers to the government not being charged because the organization has ties to a foreign country
Zou also pointed out that the government does not accuse the organization of being a foreign agent because it has connections with foreign countries, but because the organization's words are not in line with the government's wishes, so the organization must be a foreign agent.
Zou criticized that if the regime does not recognize Hong Kong people's independent thinking and voice for a day, the scope of foreign agents will only become wider and wider, and the number of people who will face unreasonable demands from national security will only increase.
Zou Ziyan said that the resistance of the stake may be just a wish to block the car. If the rampant power can be restrained and the label of foreign agent will no longer be easily abused, the stake can at least keep its promise and leave a record for this era. Even at the cost of life and freedom.
Prosecution accuses Chow of bringing politics into trial
Afterwards, the prosecution pointed out that the police's notice to the branch association had nothing to do with politics. On the contrary, Zou Ling brought politics into the interrogation. Zou denied and said: "The essence of this interrogation is politics."
The prosecution continued to point out that the trial was conducted in English. They questioned Zou Mingming's ability to testify in English, but chose Chinese, and corrected the translator's English translation from time to time.
Zou responded that it is her right to use Chinese, and she believes that using Chinese can express more accurately, because she does not want any misunderstandings in the testimony.
The prosecution further questioned that Zou made a statement in Chinese because everyone present wanted to understand and report it. Zou laughed and said, "So that the people present can hear the confession."
Zou responded that the interrogation involved politics
The prosecution pointed out that Zou's confession contained her political views, and because she wanted others to hear it, she made the statement in Chinese, so Zou brought the interrogation into politics.
After hearing this, Zou said that the nature of the interrogation involved politics, and of course the evidence contained political elements, which was not his intention. To handle this case, politics is absolutely inseparable.
The prosecution finally pointed out that Zou was biased against the police issuing the notice due to his political nature, which Zou denied.
5 defendants: Vice Chairman Zou Xingtong (36 years old, lawyer), member of the Standing Committee of the Stake Association Deng Yuejun (53 years old, unemployed), Liang Jinwei (36 years old, district councilor), Chen Duowei (57 years old, driver) and Xu Hanguang ( 72 years old, retired).
5 people were involved in violating the "Rules for the Implementation of the National Security Law". On September 8, 2021, they were notified according to the regulations as officers or managers of the stake association or persons assisting in management, but they did not comply with the requirements of the notice.
Two of the Standing Committee members, Liang Jinwei and Chen Duowei, pleaded guilty earlier and were sentenced to 3 months in prison
Case No.: WKCC3633/2021
Zou Xingtong was accused of inciting to participate in the June 4th rally and appealed that the police did not order the blockade of Victoria Park to postpone the ruling of the Stake Alliance case｜Zou Xingtong said that he did not need to respond. The rejected official said that the evidence is sufficient for trial next week and the Stake Alliance case will be arraigned｜The slogan has been called for 30 years No intervention Zou Xingtong questioned the obvious loopholes in the charges against the Stake Association case｜Zou Xingtong emphasized that there was no incitement to hatred and anti-middle finger government accusations were a surreptitious change of concept
