47 people from the pro-democracy camp are suspected of planning the "35+" primary elections of the pro-democracy camp in 2020. 16 of the defendants have denied conspiracy to subvert state power. The case continues today (7th) in the West Kowloon Court (interim High Court).
The prosecution began to read out the opening statement yesterday, and mentioned that Dai Yaoting and Au Nuoxuan, etc., had started holding press conferences and publishing articles in newspapers during the period from March to April of that year, mentioning that "more than half of the parliament" fought for "35 With the idea of "+" seats, Dai Bing raised the concept of "speculation".
The chief prosecutor will continue to read the opening statement today (7th), mentioning a more detailed plan, including Dai's "Ten Steps to Solicit Speculation", and saying that if the freedom of Hong Kong people is deprived, the moderate Hong Kong people will be persecuted. On the road to speculation.
They also started active preparations in June, including appealing to "Yellow Shop" and district councilors to use the place as a polling station. They also said that the estimated election cost was about 4 million yuan. In June, they began to accept interested parties to run for election.
The press conference of "Hong Kong 01" will follow up the report.
The attendance of some defendants on bail.
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The road map and timetable of the ten-step song
The prosecutor continued to read the opening statement and pointed out that after Dai Yaoting first proposed to seize more than half of the seats in December 2019, he had published articles in many newspapers and put forward the concept of "soliciting speculation".
On April 28, 2020, Dai published an article in "Apple Daily", proposing "ten steps to solicit speculation", that is, by vetoing all financial appropriations, the society will be plunged into crisis, and even bloody suppression will be triggered. The ultimate goal is to get Western countries to impose sanctions .
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If Hong Kong people are deprived of freedom, they will be forced to engage in speculation
The Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government later issued an article condemning the idea of “soliciting speculation”. Dai wrote an article in response on May 5, 2020, saying that if the central government tries to forcibly take over Hong Kong and deprive Hong Kong people of their freedom and self-esteem, Hong Kong people will be forced to embrace. The road of "soliciting speculation" will gradually make the originally law-abiding and moderate Hong Kong people gradually turn to civil disobedience or even front-line demonstrations.
Day expects primary election expenses to be around $4 million
On June 9 of the same year, Dai, Au Nuoxuan, Zhao Jiaxian and Zhong Jinlin of Democratic Power held a press conference, stating that they were the coordinators and organizers of the primary election.
Day confirmed that he has held meetings with potential candidates, hoping to reach a consensus on the primary election, and said he is confident that a more "regular result" can be achieved.
The Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion will provide technical support, while Democracy Dynamics will be responsible for coordination and implementation.
Dai also mentioned that the primary election expenses are expected to be about 4 million yuan; Zhao said that he plans to crowdfund 3.5 million yuan.
Hope to Break the Golden Ratio of June 4 Turnout
Related clips were played on the Internet, and Dai Zhi believes that the turnout rate in the next Legislative Council election will be higher than that of the previous District Council elections, which is expected to break the "June 4th Golden Ratio" (meaning the ratio of votes won by the Democratic Party and the establishment in the Legislative Council in the past) , he thought the situation was optimistic: "Be greedy, 40+", and revealed that only enthusiastic citizens expressed their refusal to participate.
On the same day, the district posted a post on Facebook, appealing to the owners of the "yellow shop" and the district councilors to lend their space for the primary election. They also called on supporters to donate money or do volunteer work to support the primary election.
Lin Jingnan submitted the form late, but was still allowed to participate in the primary election.
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Participants must sign a consent form
From June 19 to 22, 2020, candidates successively submitted nomination forms to Democratic Power, and signed to confirm that they agreed with the primary election goals and promised to obey the primary election results.
Candidates for Kowloon East and New Territories West need to sign an additional agreement, stating that if they successfully enter the parliament, they will unconditionally veto the budget; the 5 or 6 candidates with the highest number of votes in the primary election region), they will run for the Legislative Council; if they lose, they will immediately stop the election project, announce their withdrawal from the election, and have their supporters switch to the winning candidate.
Lin Jingnan submitted the form late but was finally allowed to run
Lin Jingnan, who intends to run for New Territories East, submitted the nomination form late. Dai and other promoters decided to accept Lin's application after consulting the candidates in the same district, and asked Zhong Jinlin to write a press release to explain the fairness of the decision.
More than 100 people lined up outside the West Kowloon Court early in the morning for the public seats.
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The trial of the case only started at 10:00 this morning, but at 7:00 p.m. yesterday, there were already people queuing up outside the court for a seat. At 7:00 a.m. this morning, more and more people who wanted to attend the courtroom arrived at the courtroom. It is estimated that there are about 200 people .
An observer at the back of the queue said that she suspected that the people in the queue had "queuing parties". She heard an old woman in the queue yesterday saying that she didn't know whether she needed to go to court.
Some defendants who have pleaded guilty, including: Wu Miner, Zhu Kaidi, Huang Zhifeng, Yuan Jiawei, etc., also attended the hearing today, and they were also arranged to hear the trial in the prisoner's pen.
Primary election case.
The next day｜More than 100 people lined up in the early morning to wait for the auditorium. Some citizens said that they suspected that there was a queuing party
16 defendants pleaded not guilty.
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16 defendants: Wu Zhengheng (44 years old), Zheng Dahong (34 years old), Yang Xueying (36 years old), Peng Zhuoqi (28 years old), He Qiming (34 years old), Liu Weicong (55 years old), Huang Biyun (63 years old), Shi Delai (40 years old), He Guilan (32 years old), Chen Zhiquan (50 years old), Chow Ka-shing (25 years old), Lam Cheuk-ting (45 years old), Leung Kwok-hung (66 years old), Or Yiu-lam (51 years old), Li Yuxin (29 years old), Yu Huiming (35 years old).
The charge alleges that the defendants conspired to subvert state power between July 1, 2020 and January 7, 2021.
The 13 defendants to be released on bail and their bail conditions.
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Case number: HCCC69/2022
The primary election case｜The prosecution pointed out that the pan-democrats raised 35+ targets Dai Yaoting: This is the first time to really attract fire after the death of the primary election｜4 people including Au Nuoxuan, Zhao Jiaxian, Zhong Jinlin and Lin Jingnan will be turned into witnesses for the prosecution to visit Abu Mong Kok twice Thai explosive shouting "Lin Jingnan" 5 people arrested for misconduct, including 2 students in the primary election case｜West Kowloon Court is hard to find a seat, about 10 people are queuing up in the evening. Long primary election case｜More than 200 people are waiting for the court to listen Consuls from multiple countries also attended the court
