Man in his 80s sentenced to one-month hospital order after allegedly obstructing police outside Victoria Park on June 4 anniversary
被指六四維園外遇截查時不合作 八旬翁被控阻差判一個月醫院令
On June 4, 2022, the 33rd anniversary of the June 4 incident, a man in his 80s was accused of holding an item bearing slogans about the “five demands” and the pursuit of universal suffrage outside Victoria Park. He allegedly refused to cooperate when stopped by police and was charged with obstructing a police officer in the due execution of his duty. The case was heard at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday (the 7th). The defendant, who had earlier failed to attend court and had a warrant issued for his arrest, was brought to court by police on Tuesday. He was not legally represented and was provided with a Putonghua interpreter. At the start of the hearing, the prosecution said two psychiatric reports previously requested by the court showed that the defendant was unfit to plead. It recommended that he be dealt with under section 45 of the Mental Health Ordinance and be given a one-month hospital order. The prosecution called four police officers to testify. The defendant did not testify and called no witnesses. After considering the evidence, Acting Magistrate Yip Shing-lam found that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant had committed the offence of obstructing a police officer in the execution of duty. The defendant was sentenced to a one-month hospital order and remanded at Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre.
2022 年 6 月 4 日「六四事件」33 周年，八旬翁被指在維園外手持寫有「五大訴求」、爭取普選標語的物品，遇警截查時拒合作，被控一項「阻撓在正當執行職務的警務人員」罪。案件周二（7 日）在東區裁判法院審訊。 早前因沒有應訊、被發拘捕令的被告，周二由警方押送到庭。被告沒有律師代表，獲安排普通話翻譯。控方代表開庭表示，法庭早前索取的兩份精神科報告顯示，被告不適合答辯，建議按《精神健康條例》第 45 條，判處 1 個月醫院令處理。 控方傳召 4 名警員作供，被告不作供，沒有傳召證人。暫委裁判官葉成林考慮證供後，裁定控方在毫無合理疑點下證明被告干犯阻差辦公控罪，判被告 1 個月醫院令，還押小欖精神病治療中心。