Two "auditors" were found guilty of publishing seditious texts for clapping their hands and chanting slogans while criticizing the magistrate at the time of handling a June 4th case in court.
Among them, the female defendant Zhao Meiying, who was sentenced to three months in prison, was allowed to be released on a bail of 50,000 yuan, pending the outcome of the appeal.
When the case was being dealt with in the High Court today (31st), Zhao waived his conviction appeal and was required to serve his sentence immediately.
The appellant, Meiying Chao, was found to have published seditious writings in the Third Chamber of West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on January 4 last year, with the intent to arouse hatred of, contempt for, or arouse defection against, the judiciary of Hong Kong, or to encourage others to break the law or act inappropriately. Obey lawful orders.
She was involved in clapping hands during the trial of the June 4th case, and saying, "This one is from the court now", "Bao Qingtian is here for trial", etc.
As for the male defendant Peng Manyuan in the same case, he was convicted of two crimes of publishing seditious texts and one or more acts with seditious intent, and was sentenced to 12 months in prison.
Case No.: HCMA411/2022
Both listeners criticized the judge in the June 4th case and were still unscrupulously imprisoned for 3 and 12 months in court. He chanted slogans in court and posted a video on Youtube. Defendant's request to summon the magistrate of the day to testify was rejected
