12 Aug 2024法庭線#3898
涉2020年參與非法集結 「踢保」4年後外地返港被檢控 20歲男生認罪囚8周
On the eve of the National Security Law for Hong Kong coming into force in 2020, netizens organised a “Sing with You” event at APM mall in Kwun Tong. Police subsequently entered the mall and dispersed the crowd, arresting four people that day. More than four years later, a male student who was 16 at the time and had previously abandoned bail was arrested when he returned to Hong Kong in July 2024. He was accused of holding a blue flag bearing the words “Hong Kong independence” and a Lion Rock design. He pleaded guilty that month to one count of participating in an unlawful assembly and was sentenced to eight weeks’ imprisonment at Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts on Monday (the 12th).
2020 年《港區國安法》生效前夕，有網民發起在觀塘 APM 商場「和你 Sing」，警方其後入商場驅散，當日有 4 人被捕。事隔逾四年，一名案發時 16 歲、曾「踢保」的男學生，2024 年 7 月返港時被捕，指他涉當天舉「香港獨立」字眼和獅子山圖樣的藍旗。他同月承認一項參與非法集結罪，周一（12 日）在觀塘裁判法院被判囚 8 周。
法庭為被告索取 3 項俗稱「3C」的報告，看能否以禁閉式刑罰替代監禁；惟辯方求情指被告正在英國讀書，冀服刑後順利開學，故不希望判入更生中心、勞教中心或教導所。
20 Jul 2024法庭線#3833
721襲擊五年｜過去一年沒新拘捕或檢控 至今非白衣1人罪成 白衣人9罪成、1罪脫
As the Yuen Long 7.21 attack reaches its fifth anniversary, police made no new arrests and the Department of Justice brought no new prosecutions in the past year. In response to an inquiry, police said 69 people had been arrested to date, with 22 charged with rioting and other offences—figures unchanged from July last year.
One 7.21 case concluded during the year. It was the first in which a non-white-clad person was found guilty of rioting. The judge rejected the defendant’s testimony that he had acted in self-defence and to protect others, saying that “the black-clad side used violence to counter violence, contrary to reason and law”, but considered that the levels of violence on the two sides differed and that their criminal liability was therefore different. On the white-clad side, one more person pleaded guilty, while cases involving five others entered the appeal stage.
Across the six court cases to date (see the table in the article), four involved white-clad people, with nine people convicted and one acquitted. Two involved non-white-clad people, with one person convicted. Another case involving seven people, including Lam Cheuk-ting, is still being heard, with closing submissions scheduled for September.
元朗 721 襲擊踏入五周年，最近一年警方沒有作出新拘捕，律政司亦沒有提出新檢控。警方回覆查詢時指，至今拘捕 69 人，有 22 人被控暴動等罪，數字與去年 7 月相同。
這一年有一宗 721 案件審結，該案是首次有非白衣人被裁定暴動罪成，法官拒納被告供稱出於自衛、保護他人，又指「黑衣人一方以暴易暴，違理違法」，但認為雙方暴力程度有別，刑責不同。至於白衣人一方，再多一人認罪，另有 5 人的案件進入上訴階段。
綜合至今 6 宗法庭案件（見內文表），白衣人案佔 4 宗，共 9 人罪成，一人罪脫。非白衣人案佔兩宗，一人罪成，而包括林卓廷等 7 人的另案仍在審理，將於 9 月進行結案陳詞。
9 Feb 2022獨媒#1827
方仲賢買鐳射筆藏武罪脫-拒捕及妨礙司法公正兩罪罪成
Former Hong Kong Baptist University Student Union president Fong Chung-yin was convicted of resisting arrest and perverting the course of justice.
浸大前學生會會長方仲賢「拒捕」及「妨礙司法公正」罪成。
4 Feb 2022獨媒#1815
古思堯涉「煽動顛覆國家政權罪」被捕-今早原定到中聯辦抗議冬奧
Koo Sze-yiu planned to petition at the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, protesting that the central government was focused only on staging the Winter Olympics to “whitewash peace and stability” while ignoring arrested Hong Kong citizens and political figures. He was arrested by the national security department for allegedly inciting subversion of state power before taking action, and was denied bail.
古思堯計劃在北京冬季奧運會開幕儀式前至中聯辦請願，抗議中央政府只顧「粉飾太平」籌辦冬奧，漠視被捕的香港市民及政治人物，卻在行動前被國安處以「煽動顛覆國家政權罪」拘捕，保釋被拒。
8 Dec 2020HKFP#1023
Hong Kong police arrest 8 more opposition figures, inc. ‘Long Hair’, Eddie Chu, Figo Chan, Wu Chi-wai
Eight pro-democracy figures were arrested in the morning on suspicion of inciting and participating in an unlawful assembly. They were released on bail at noon and will appear in court on 17 Dec.
8 pro-democracy figures are arrested in the morning on suspicion of inciting & participating in unlawful assembly. They are bailed at noon and will appear in court on 17 Dec.
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