The case entered the third week, and Au Nuoxuan continued to testify. He mentioned Dai Yaoting's idea of "more than half of the Legislative Council" earlier, which attracted the interest of senior pan-democrats. Au was appointed as the coordinator of the primary election. He and Dai Then he lobbied with pan-democrats from different factions, and reached a preliminary consensus after several rounds of coordination meetings.
District confession stated that they had documented the content of the agreement, which included: "Actively use the power of the Basic Law to veto the budget."
After that, three participants: Chow Ka-shing, Zhang Kesen and Liang Huangwei also drafted the statement of "No Regrets". Other constituencies such as Jiudong also had objections to the content of the coordination document and wanted to add more content. Afraid of "mutiny".
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Primary election case (1)｜The prosecution's opening statement describes the roles of the 16 defendants, referring to the primary election and soliciting speculation.
On the 12th day of the interrogation on February 21, Dai Yaoting suggested that the meeting be more than half the power
After the prosecution played the last part of the election forum of the Super District Council, the "accessory witness" Au Nuoxuan continued to testify, and said that in March 2020, he held a press conference with Dai Yaoting and others on the concept of the primary election. To achieve the vision of "more than half of the Legislative Assembly", I hope to make good use of the votes of the pan-democrats to achieve "35+" seats in each district.
Dai also mentioned that if the Legislative Council wins more than half of the seats, it will be a "weapon of great lethality" and has the ability to veto the budget. As for how to combine with the protest movement and deal with the issue of police brutality, further discussions are needed.
The Civic Party held a press conference the next day. Yang Yueqiao also said that if the democrats won more than half of the seats and the chief executive did not respond to the five major demands, the party would veto all bills and appropriations.
Dai Yaoting mentioned the power of a majority in the Legislative Council at the press conference.
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Primary election participants are not required to sign draw criticism
The prosecution then showed Au Nuoxuan’s Facebook post in June 2020, in which the district revealed that they had written the consensus of the Coordinating Committee into a document, because the content included: “Actively using the power of the Basic Law to veto the budget” etc. , he worried that the candidates would be "DQ" or violate the election regulations, so the document was not issued, and Dai did not ask everyone to sign it.
However, Dai's actions attracted criticism, and Dai later apologized to everyone.
Au wrote in the post: Although the document has not yet been issued, everyone's agreement is still there.
Later, someone drafted the statement of "Mo Luo Wu Regret".
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Day 13 of the trial on February 22
The provisions of each district are slightly different, and the New Territories West lists the veto of the budget
Au Nuoxuan continued to give evidence. He mentioned that the documents of each constituency are slightly different. Among them, New Territories West states: "We will use the power of the Basic Law to veto the budget." Other districts only use the "active use" Regarding the wording, he believes that some candidates are more concerned about issues such as "soliciting speculation", and some democrats want to force the government to accept their demands.
The judge also asked whether everyone agreed to veto the budget. Au said that he did not dare to say so, only that no one publicly objected at that time, and the parties also reached an agreement at that time.
Judge Li Yunteng also found that the form also contained clauses "supporting the Basic Law", and the district claimed that the form was produced by democratic motivation.
Primary Elections｜Au Nuoxuan said that no one publicly opposed the use of the power to veto the budget, and that some were more concerned about speculation
On the 14th day of the trial on February 23, there were differences in Kowloon East
The prosecution mentioned to Au Nuoxuan a Whatsapp group of primary election organizers. In June 2020, they discussed the "Mo Luo Wu Regrets" statement drafted by Chow Ka-shing, Zhang Kesen and Liang Huangwei. The organizer responded to the statement, Zhao Jiaxian once said in the group: "Tuen Mun Zhang Kesen will go to Mingyao team according to a few friends."
In addition, the district confession stated that he had received a phone call from Cai Zehong, the chairman of the Kwun Tong District Council at the time. Cai revealed to him that some people in the coordination meeting had objections to the document, so he proposed to add five commitments including the "five major demands". Cai also said: "Otherwise, I'm really afraid of mutiny."
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Feel free to control the opinions of various districts and add some consensus
Au Nok-hin mentioned that there was another dispute in Kowloon East, and some participants expressed that they wanted to issue a "common agenda".
The district said that the organizers could no longer control the opinions of the districts at that time, so he suggested to follow the trend and write some consensus to settle the matter.
Au said that he had met with the Democratic Party Hu Zhiwei at that time. Hu expressed that he did not want to sign an unofficial agreement, but under the circumstances, he finally signed the platform in his own name.
Au said: "So I say I am responsible." Au said that in July of the same year, the Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Central People's Government and the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office pointed out that there was a chance of breaking the law in the primary election. Dai You made amendments to the "35+" statement to avoid legal risks.
Au Nuoxuan pointed out that if it were not for what happened in June 2020, Hu Zhiwei would not have signed the platform.
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Primary election case｜Au Nuoxuan admitted that he had written a consensus and wanted to make things happen Hu Zhiwei signed the district consciously and responsible
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), Ho Kwai Lam (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.
31 defendants pleaded guilty.
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31 defendants who have pleaded guilty: Dai Yaoting, Au Nuoxuan, Zhao Jiaxian, Zhong Jinlin, Yuan Jiawei, Liang Huangwei, Xu Zijian, Cen Zijie, Mao Mengjing, Feng Dajun, Liu Zefeng, Huang Zhifeng, Tam Wenhao, Li Jiada, Tan Dezhi, Hu Zhiwei, Zhu Kaidi, Zhang Kesen, Huang Ziyue, Yin Zhaojian , Guo Jiaqi, Wu Miner, Tan Kaibang, Liu Yingkuang, Yang Yueqiao, Fan Guowei, Lu Zhiheng, Cen Aohui, Wang Baiyu, Lin Jingnan, Wu Jianwei.
Of the 13 defendants released on bail, 10 pleaded not guilty.
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Case number: HCCC 69/2022
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