Four Men Jailed 16 to 38 Months Over Telegram Discussions of “Massacre” Targeting Police and Anti-Covid Supporters; Judge Says Speech Was Anti-Government
涉TG討論「大屠殺」警員及支持防疫者 4男判囚16至38月 官指言論反政府
In early 2022, as Covid-19 was raging, five men and women were accused of advocating the use of violence and weapons in a Telegram group to attack police officers, public officials and members of the public who supported anti-pandemic policies, and of declaring that they would “carry out a massacre”. Four men pleaded guilty to conspiracy with intent to cause injury, incitement and other offences. They were jailed for 16 to 38 months at the District Court on Thursday (29th).
2022 年初新冠肺炎肆虐，5 名男女被指在 Telegram 群組倡議以暴力手段及武器，攻擊警員、公職人員及支持防疫政策的市民，揚言「實施一場大屠殺」。 4 男承認串謀有意圖傷人、煽動等罪，周四（29 日）在區域法院判囚 16 至 38 個月。 法官練錦鴻判刑時稱，被告的言論實際是反政府，「企圖將 2019 年社會事件留下殘餘的灰燼，再挑起火頭，再挑撥起同樣對社會不滿的人，破壞已有制度，同歸於盡」。法官又指，涉案帖文沒有政治理念，是宣洩仇恨，「與其他恐怖分子沒有太大的不同」。 有被告案發時不足 18 歲，官指「年輕並非一個身分，亦非成就」，亦非任意妄為的藉口，又指有社會賢達、知識分子公然說暴力可以解決問題，但他們因為有足夠警覺及專業知識，「可以在紅線之前停下」，誤信其言的人則「未能及時轉向，墮入深淵」。