[47-person primary election case] 32 remain remanded after three years, with no date set for a verdict
【初選47人案】32人還柙至今三年 尚未有裁決日期
Three years ago today, 47 members of the pro-democracy camp accused of organising and taking part in a primary election were brought before the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for the first time, charged with “conspiracy to subvert state power”. After a 38-hour “marathon” hearing, 15 were granted bail, but the Department of Justice immediately applied for a review, and all had to be remanded in custody. Eventually, after the Department of Justice withdrew some of the review applications and the defendants successively applied to the High Court, 15 were granted bail. However, Chow Ka-shing and Yu Wai-ming were remanded again for breaching their bail conditions, while the other 32 have remained in custody for exactly three years.
三年前的今天，47名組織及參與初選的民主派被控「串謀顛覆國家政權」罪，於西九龍裁判法院首度提堂。經歷38小時「馬拉松式」聆訊後，15人獲准保釋，惟律政司隨即提出覆核，全部人須即時還柙。最終在律政司主動撤銷部分覆核、各人相繼到高等法院申請下，15人獲准保釋，但鄒家成和余慧明因違反保釋條件再度還柙，其餘32人則還柙至今整整三年。