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" strived for "35 The idea of the "+" seat, Dai also mentioned that this is a "constitutional weapon with great lethality". He also mentioned the concept of "soliciting speculation" in a newspaper article. The press conference of "Hong Kong 01" will follow up the report.
The chief prosecutor read the opening statement after the court session. He 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" titled "Ten Steps to Speculation is the Fate of Hong Kong", detailing the timetable and roadmap of the "Ten Steps to Speculation":
The first step (July-August 2020): The eligibility of large-scale DQ democrats in the government to run for the Legislative Council, including: Members of the current Legislative Council, will be filled by the unsuccessful Plan B candidates.
The second step (September 2020): Due to the intervention of the two offices (the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office) and DQ, more Hong Kong people are encouraged to vote for the pro-democracy camp. With the help of voting strategies, the pro-democracy camp can win 35 or more seats.
The third step (October 2020): The chief executive and the Department of Justice start legal procedures to DQ pro-democracy members, but the legal process will take time, and the democrats continue to dominate the parliament.
The fourth step (October 2020 to April 2021): All the government's funding applications to the Legislative Council have been rejected, and the government can only maintain general operations.
Step 5 (May 2021): The Legislative Council vetoes the budget, the chief executive needs to dissolve the Legislative Council, and the government can only maintain government operations with temporary funding.
Step 6 (October 2021): Legislative Council re-election, democrats may need to send Plan C primary election, because Plan B may be DQ, but still maintain more than 35 seats
Step 7 (November 2021): The Legislative Council once again vetoed the budget, resulting in the resignation of the chief executive and a shutdown of the government.
The eighth step (December 2021): The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress declares a state of emergency in Hong Kong. The central government directly applies the National Security Law to Hong Kong, dissolves the Legislative Council, and establishes a provisional Legislative Council. The next Chief Executive will be elected through consultation.
Pro-democracy leaders were arrested on a mass scale.
The ninth step (after December 2021): The street protests in Hong Kong society have become more intense, and the suppression is very bloody. Hong Kong people launched three strikes, bringing society to a standstill.
Step ten (after January 2022): Western countries impose political and economic sanctions on the CCP.
If Hong Kong people are deprived of freedom, they will be forced to engage in speculation
Later, the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government issued a document 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 go to the opposite direction. Embracing the road of "soliciting speculation" will make the originally law-abiding and moderate Hong Kong people gradually turn to civil disobedience or even front-line demonstrations.
More than 100 people lined up outside the West Kowloon Court early in the morning for the public seats.
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Although the trial of the case only started at 10:00 this morning, at 7:00 p.m. yesterday, people were already queuing up outside the court for seats. Hundreds of people, and the police also sent a large number of police officers to the scene to maintain order. The judiciary now has 410 public seats, and the observers can watch the live broadcast of the trial in a special area of the court.
Some people who came to observe suspected that there was a queuing party
There are still a large number of members of the public queuing up outside the court this morning, about 200 people by visual estimate.
The man with a ponytail and dyed hair at the top of the queue was asked by a reporter when he queued up, and said, "I'm not friends with the reporter," and did not respond afterwards.
As for other queuing people, they also ignored the reporters.
Many of them were wearing caps, with their backs to the reporter's camera.
It is known that around 7 o'clock this morning, there are already about 100 people queuing up.
A female observer at the back of the line said that she came to support the defendant, but suspected that there was a "queuing party", such as the old woman in front of her line yesterday, who didn't even know whether she needed to go to court.
Huang Zhifeng, Zhu Kaidi and other defendants who pleaded guilty attended the court hearing
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.
When Lam Cheuk-ting and Leung Kwok-hung were brought to court, they also waved to the public gallery, but were ordered by the correctional officers to "lower your hands" and "sit down, Dela Dela", etc. Huang Zhifeng, who was sitting in the third row of the prisoner's row, looked Relaxed, and greeted the defendant in the front row; Chow Ka-shing and Wu Miner both made heart gestures to the public seats.
In response to yesterday's judge's approval of the use of computers by the defendants during the hearing, Zheng Dahong, Shi Delai, Li Yuxin, etc., who were released on bail, all use tablet computers or laptop computers today.
As for most of the remand defendants, they brought pens and paper.
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
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