27 Mar 2025法庭線#6627
721暴動罪成 非白衣人陳永晞提上訴 7被告全部不服裁決提上訴
Former Legislative Council member Lam Cheuk-ting and six other “non-white-shirted” people were convicted of rioting in the concourse of Yuen Long Station on 21 July, and were sentenced last month to between two years and one month and three years and one month in prison.
The latest High Court information shows that, after Lam Cheuk-ting and the other six people filed appeals, the remaining Jason Wing Hei Chan has also lodged an appeal. This means all defendants in the case have appealed against the verdicts. The case has not yet been scheduled for a hearing.
前立法會議員林卓廷與另外 6 名「非白衣人」，被裁定 721 在元朗站大堂參與暴動罪成，上月被判囚 2 年 1 個月至 3 年 1 個月。
高院最新資料顯示，繼林卓廷等 6 人提出上訴後，餘下的陳永晞亦已提出上訴，即該案所有被告均不服裁決，提出上訴。案件暫未排期聆訊。
18 Mar 2025法庭線#6596
721暴動罪成 林卓廷、庾家豪提上訴 暫共5名非白衣人提上訴
Former Legislative Council member Lam Cheuk-ting and six other “non-white-shirt” defendants were convicted of rioting for participating in the 721 riot in the concourse of Yuen Long Station. They were sentenced last month to between two years and one month and three years and one month in prison.
High Court records show that Lam Cheuk-ting and Yu Ka-ho have appealed against their convictions and sentences. Together with the three defendants—Yeung Long, Wan Chung-ming and Yip Yam-sing—who earlier appealed against their convictions (see report), a total of five “non-white-shirt” defendants have so far lodged appeals. The case has not yet been scheduled for a hearing.
前立法會議員林卓廷與另外 6 名「非白衣人」，被裁定 721 在元朗站大堂參與暴動罪成，上月被判囚 2 年 1 個月至 3 年 1 個月。
高院資料顯示，林卓廷、庾家豪已提出定罪、刑期上訴，連同早前提出定罪上訴的另 3 名被告楊朗、尹仲明及葉鑫昇（見報道），暫共 5 名非白衣人提出上訴。案件暫未排期聆訊。
6 Mar 2025獨媒#4599
陳文敏撰文指法院低調處理7.21白衣人非法行為 鄧炳強譴責：罔顧事實、誤導讀者
The 7.21 case involving non-white-shirted people was sentenced last week. On Wednesday (the 5th), Ming Pao published a column by Johannes Chan, a visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law, titled “Reviewing the Lam Cheuk-ting 7.21 Case: The First Half or Half-Time?” The article said that “the court handled quietly the organised, armed illegal acts of the white-shirted men, while targeting only the conduct of people inside the station gates.” Secretary for Security Chris Tang wrote to Ming Pao on the same day, saying that the HKSAR Government categorically disagreed with the remarks and criticising the article for disregarding facts and misleading readers, “causing people to believe that the court’s decision was unfair.”
Tang said Ming Pao’s editorial note could not absolve it of responsibility, urging it not to “continue to be used by people with ulterior motives”. At the end of his letter, Tang said that if Ming Pao was a responsible media organisation, it “should clearly understand that merely placing a note beside the column stating that the work was not intended to incite hatred of the Government among others cannot relieve editors of their responsibility to ensure that the publication is fair, objective and impartial. I hope Ming Pao will not continue to be used by people with ulterior motives to use this platform to spread statements that confuse right and wrong, poison society and create division.”
7.21非白衣人案上周判刑，《明報》周三（5日）刊出港大法律學院客席教授陳文敏的專欄文章《評林卓廷7.21案︰上集還是中場？》，當中提及「法院低調處理白衣人有組織、有武器的非法行為，而只針對閘內人士的行為」。保安局長鄧炳強即日去信《明報》，稱特區政府絕不認同有關說法，批評文章罔顧事實、誤導讀者，「令人以為法庭裁決不公」。
鄧指《明報》編按不能免責 促勿「繼續被別有用心的人利用」
鄧炳強在信末又稱，如果《明報》是一個負責任的媒體：「理應清楚僅在專欄旁提示作品無意圖煽動他人對政府產生憎恨，並不能免除編輯須確保刊物公平、客觀、不偏不倚的責任。希望明報不要繼續被別有用心的人利用，借此平台散播混淆視聽言論，荼毒社會，製造對立。」
27 Feb 2025法庭線#4573
721林卓廷等7人暴動判囚 親友求情指正直無私 官指有其他閘內人亦參與暴動
Former Legislative Council member Lam Cheuk-ting and six other “non-white-shirted” defendants were convicted of rioting for taking part in the riot in the concourse of Yuen Long Station on 21 July. They were sentenced at the District Court on Thursday (27th). The judge reduced each sentence by five months because the agreed facts saved time and the case had lasted several years. They were ultimately jailed for between two years and one month and three years and one month.
Judge Chan Kwong-chi said the case was not the kind of street riot that had been planned in advance. The riot by the white-shirted men had “hastened the brewing of another riot inside the gates”. Taking into account the roles of the defendants, he adopted lower sentencing starting points (see table in the full article). He also said the attacks had inevitably led some people to believe that all the non-white-shirted people were “victims”, and that he believed some people inside the gates who had not been arrested had also taken part in the riot.
The judge said Lam Cheuk-ting’s mitigation letter was “smoothly written and also full of tragic passion and lofty aspirations”, but showed no remorse: “As D1 asks himself, did he really enter Yuen Long that night to supervise the police, protect the public, and mediate between the two sides confronting each other inside and outside the gates? Did D1 mislead others, or even himself?” In mitigation, the defendants’ friends and relatives said that they were all upright and selfless, had blamed themselves and felt remorse over the case, and had paid a price, and urged the court to impose light sentences (see table in the full article).
前立法會議員林卓廷與另外 6 名「非白衣人」，被裁定 721 在元朗站大堂參與暴動罪成，周四（27日）在區院被判刑，官基於同意案情節省時間、案件歷時多年，為各人減刑 5 個月，最後判囚 2 年 1 個月至 3 年 1 個月。
法官陳廣池指，本案並非街頭暴動那一種，亦非早有計劃，而白衣人的暴動「醖釀催快了閘內另一場暴動」，因應各被告的角色，採取較低的量刑起點（見內文表），又指難免因襲擊事件，致使有人以為非白衣人都是「受害者」，他相信部份沒被捕的閘內人亦參與了暴動。
官指林卓廷的求情信「文筆暢順，亦充滿悲情壯志」，但沒悔意，「撫心自問，D1 晚上入元朗真是監督警察，保護巿民，調解閘內閘外對壘雙方嗎？D1 有沒有怱悠他人，甚至自己呢？」被告親友求情則提及，各人正直無私，因案自責悔疚、付出代價，望法庭輕判（見內文表）。
23 Jan 2025法庭線#4459
721白衣人案｜3人認暴動等罪 官指明知有預謀仍參與 判囚4年8月至5年3月
Four more white-clad men were charged with rioting and other offences in connection with the Yuen Long 7.21 attack four years after the incident. One had earlier pleaded guilty and was sentenced. The remaining three, Ng Wai-tak, Chris Ho Sing Wong and Cheng Man-kit, also pleaded guilty and were sentenced at the District Court on Thursday (23rd) to between 4 years 8 months and 5 years 3 months in prison. To date, a total of 12 white-clad men have been convicted of rioting and other offences and sentenced to imprisonment (see table in the main article). Judge Adriana Noelle Tse Ching said that “it is beyond dispute that the incident was premeditated and planned in advance”. She noted that the rioters had brought placards bearing the slogans “Defend Yuen Long, Defend Our Homeland”, and had gone to Yuen Long Station carrying metal rods and rattan canes. A number of people were injured, with bloodstains visible on the ground, and the judge said the victims’ injuries were more serious than described in the agreed facts. She found that the men in white shirts had carried out “indiscriminate attacks”.
The judge rejected submissions that Ng and Wong had acted on impulse. She noted that Ng was holding a rattan cane with a red flag attached and was wearing gloves, while Wong had gone to a gathering in the southern area and obtained a rattan cane. The judge found that they had knowingly taken part in a premeditated riot.
The judge also rejected the argument that the three defendants had played only minor roles, saying that they had “all participated in the most serious and violent part of the riot”. For the rioting offence, she adopted the District Court’s maximum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment as the starting point.
元朗 7.21 襲擊，事隔 4 年後再多 4 名白衣人被落案起訴暴動等罪，其中一人早前認罪已判囚，餘下 3 人吳偉德、王浩昇及鄭文傑亦認罪，周四（23日）在區院被判 4 年 8 個月至 5 年 3 個月。事發至今，共 12 名白衣人暴動等罪成被判囚（見內文表）。
法官謝沈智慧稱，「無可爭議的是本案早有預謀、早有計劃」，指暴動者帶備「保衛元朗、保衛家園」的標語牌，持鐵通、藤條到元朗站，本案有多人受傷，地上血跡斑斑，傷者的傷勢比案情所述更嚴重，裁斷白衣人作出「無分別襲擊」。
官拒納吳、王一時衝動，提到吳手持繫有紅旗的藤條、戴上手套，王則往南邊圍集合、取藤條，是明知有預謀仍參與暴動。官亦拒納 3 人的角色次要，指雖然他們 「均參與該暴動最嚴重及最暴力的部分」，就暴動罪以區院判刑上限 7 年為量刑起點。
17 Jan 2025法庭線#4438
721白衣人案｜男子英龍圍暴動等罪成 判囚4年1月 不服定罪提上訴
More than five years after the Yuen Long 7.21 attack, 12 white-shirted men have so far been convicted. Tang Ka-man was convicted after trial of rioting and conspiracy to wound with intent, and sentenced to 4 years and 1 month in prison. High Court records show that he has appealed against his conviction. The Judiciary website does not currently show a hearing date.
元朗 7.21 襲擊逾五年，至今共 12 名白衣人罪成。男子鄧嘉民經審訊後，被裁定暴動、串謀有意圖而傷人兩罪罪成，判囚 4 年 1 個月。高院資料顯示，他已提出定罪上訴。司法機構網頁暫未顯示聆訊日期。
13 Jan 2025法庭線#4423
721白衣人案｜3男認暴動等罪、涉揮拳擲物等 1被告稱欲調停 至今12白衣人罪成
Four more white-clad men were charged with rioting and other offences in connection with the Yuen Long 7.21 attack four years after the incident. One had earlier pleaded guilty and been sentenced to imprisonment, while the remaining three pleaded guilty at the District Court on Monday (13th). They were remanded until 23 January for sentencing. A total of 12 white-clad men have now been convicted. The case alleged that the three defendants had punched people, gathered on a platform, thrown objects, and carried rattan sticks into and out of train carriages and swung them at people inside the gates, among other acts.
After the three men were convicted, the prosecution disclosed that they had all reported having no triad background, but had between three and nine previous conviction records, including possession of dangerous drugs, criminal intimidation and criminal damage. In mitigation, the defence said the defendants had been trying to separate two groups on the platform and mediate between the two sides to calm the conflict. It stressed that the defendants were followers, rather than leaders or organisers.
Judge Adriana Noelle Tse Ching at one point raised concerns, saying: “If I say the seriousness of this case is that it was premeditated—how else would they all happen to be wearing white, happen to have rattan sticks, while other people also happened to have rattan sticks, and he happened to be wearing gloves?” The defence replied that it understood and made no further submissions.
元朗 7.21 襲擊，事隔 4 年後再多 4 名白衣人被落案起訴暴動等罪，其中一人早前認罪已判囚，餘下 3 人周一（13 日）在區院認罪，還押至 1 月 23 日判刑。至今共 12 名白衣人罪成。案情指，3 名被告分別被指曾揮拳襲擊、在月台聚集、擲物、手持藤條進出車廂及揮向閘內人等。
控方在 3 人被裁定罪成後透露，他們均報稱沒三合會背景，但涉及 3 至 9 項定罪紀錄，包括管有危險藥物、刑事恐嚇、刑事毀壞等。辯方求情時提及，被告在月台是想分隔兩班人，欲調停雙方、平息衝突；強調被告的角色為「追隨者」，並非主導者、指揮者。
法官謝沈智慧一度關注，稱「如果我話呢件案嚴重之處係早有預謀，會咁啱著晒白衫，咁啱攞藤條，其他人又攞藤條，咁啱佢又戴手套去？」辯方回應稱明白，沒有陳詞。
12 Dec 2024法庭線#4354
721林卓廷等7人被裁定暴動罪成 官指林煽風點火、抽油水 罪成非白衣人增至8人
More than five years after the Yuen Long 7.21 incident, seven people who were not dressed in white, including Lam Cheuk-ting, were convicted on Thursday (the 12th) by District Court Judge Chan Kwong-chi of participating in a riot in the concourse of Yuen Long Station. The number of non-white-shirted people convicted has risen to eight, while nine white-shirted people have been convicted (see below). After the verdict, Lam continued serving his sentence in the 47-person case, while the other six were remanded immediately. They waved goodbye to people in the public gallery, and Lam also waved with a smile. Some family members wept after the hearing and wiped away their tears with tissues. Several people waved as the prison van left the court. The case was adjourned to January next year for mitigation, with sentencing scheduled for February.
In summarising his judgment, the judge said he considered that the riot among people inside the gates had not been planned in advance before 7.21. The contingent nature of the incident was that a group of people, including Lam Cheuk-ting, went separately to Yuen Long Station to confront the white-shirted people and gather evidence; the confrontation, verbal exchanges and clashes between the two sides made the outbreak of a riot inevitable.
All seven defendants gave evidence in court, which the judge rejected one by one. He said Lam’s Facebook posts would draw people to Yuen Long and also played up the involvement of triad societies. He said Lam’s calls inside the gates not to retreat amounted to fanning the flames, while allowing an assistant to livestream was “clearly motivated by the intention of ‘siphoning off political gains’”. As for the other six, the judge did not accept at all that throwing objects and spraying water were intended to stop the white-shirted people, saying the defendants were rationalising their actions and were participants in the riot.
元朗 721 事件至今逾 5 年，林卓廷等 7 名非白衣人周四（12 日）被區院法官陳廣池裁定參與元朗站大堂暴動罪成，令罪成非白衣人增至 8 人，罪成白衣人則為 9 人（見文末）。裁決後，林續就 47 人案服刑，其餘 6 人即時還押，他們向旁聽人士揮手道別，林亦笑著揮手。有家屬散庭後痛哭，以紙巾拭淚，囚車離開法院時，數人揮手。案件押至明年 1 月求情，2 月判刑。
法官在判詞總結指，認為閘內人士的暴動並不是一早在 721 之前預計籌劃出來，事件的偶然性是林卓廷在內的一群人，分別到元朗站抗衡白衣人兼蒐證，因雙方對峙、對駡及衝擊而使到暴動必然發生。
7 名被告均有出庭出供，官逐一反駁，指林在 FB 發帖會引人入元朗，亦渲染有黑社會介入，他閘內籲不要退後等是煽風點火，而讓助手直播是「明顯地是有『抽政治油水』的念頭」。至於其餘 6 人，官全不信納擲物、射水等是為了阻止白衣人，指被告自圓其說，是暴動的參與者。
26 Nov 2024法庭線#4297
721案男子英龍圍暴動等罪成 官裁屬主要參與的白衣人 着辯方解釋打人原因
More than five years after the July 21 attack in Yuen Long, eight white-shirted men have so far been convicted and sentenced to between three and a half and seven years in prison. Tang Ka-man, 43, was accused of being one of the white-shirted men. He denied charges of rioting and wounding with intent, but was convicted of both charges after trial on Tuesday (26th) at the District Court, which had moved to the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts. He is the ninth white-shirted man to be convicted and was remanded in custody until December 23 for sentencing.
Acting Judge CHAN Wai-mun compared Immigration Department record photographs, photographs taken by police and footage in the case, saying the defendant had deliberately changed his appearance when appearing in court but confirming that he was the man in the footage. The judge said the defendant had thrown a traffic light and wooden sticks, and pointed a rattan cane at the black-shirted people. His presence was not merely encouraging, but made him a major participant. The judge also ruled that the white-shirted men had reached an agreement to use rattan canes and wooden sticks to injure the black-shirted people, and that the defendant, as one of the white-shirted men, was one of the parties to the agreement.
The judge asked how many people had been injured during the period in question, saying: “Some white-shirted people used rattan canes and sticks to hit the black-shirted people—did anyone report it to the police?” The prosecution said, “We have no such record.” The judge responded: “That’s strange. Even though they were injured, they didn’t go to the police?” The judge also instructed the defence to explain during mitigation “why the white-shirted people hit the black-shirted people.”
元朗 7.21 襲擊逾五年，至今 8 名白衣人罪成，判囚 3 年半至 7 年。43 歲男子鄧嘉民被指為白衣人，他否認暴動、有意圖而傷人兩罪，經審訊後周二（26 日）在區院（移師西九龍裁判法院）被裁定全部罪成，為至今第九名罪成的白衣人，須還押至 12 月 23 日判刑。
暫委法官陳慧敏比對入境處紀錄照片、警方拍攝的照片及本案片段，指被告出庭時故意改外型，但肯定他是片中男子。而被告曾扔交通燈、木棍，並用藤條指向黑衣人，其存在不只鼓勵，亦為主要參與者。官另裁定白衣人達協議用藤條、木棍打傷黑衣人，而被告是白衣人亦是協議的其中一員。
官關注涉案時段有多少人受傷，問「有啲白衫人用藤條、棍打黑衣人，有冇人報警？」控方稱，「我哋冇呢個紀錄。」官聞言稱，「咁奇怪，佢哋受傷都唔去報警？」官另着辯方求情時交代「點解啲白衫人會打黑衫人」。
15 Oct 2024法庭線#4139
721白衣人案 王志榮罪脫發還重新考慮明年一月再訊 申請離港遭官拒絕
In the first riot case involving white-clad men in the Yuen Long 7.21 attack, seven people were convicted and one was acquitted. The Court of Appeal remitted the case involving the acquitted Zhirong Wang for reconsideration by the trial court. The case was mentioned at the District Court on Tuesday (15th). The defence said that, after discussions with the prosecution, it had applied to adjourn the case to 22 January 2025 for a mention before District Court Judge Eddie Chor Man Yip, with two days of hearings also reserved for late February of the same year.
Defence barrister Kwan Tong-lai also asked to allow Wong to retrieve his Home Return Permit and leave Hong Kong. After hearing submissions, Judge Chung Ping Pang rejected the application. Wong remains subject to his existing bail conditions and is not allowed to leave Hong Kong.
元朗 7.21 襲擊首宗白衣人暴動案，7 人罪成，1 人罪脫。獲裁無罪的王志榮，上訴庭發還原審重新考慮，案件周二（15 日）在區院提訊。辯方稱與控方商討後申請將案押後至 2025 年 1 月 22 日，於原審區院法官葉佐文席前提訊，另預留同年 2 月底兩天聆訊。
辯方大律師關唐利另提出，望容許王取回回鄉證，並准他離港。法官彭中屏聽取陳詞後，拒絕其申請，王維持原有保釋條件，不得離港。
Translations are supplied by the source workbook. Consult the original reporting for context.
