Scholars of interviewees pointed out that although Dai Yaoting, Huang Zhifeng and others pleaded guilty, they were the primary elements in the case and believed that they would still face a very long term.
47 democrats in Hong Kong were charged with the case of "conspiracy to subvert the crime of state power" and interrogated in the Western Kowloon Magistrate Court on Thursday (August 18).29 defendants, including Dai Yaoting, the founder of "Occupy Central" and Huang Zhifeng, former Hong Kong State Secretary -General Huang Zhifeng, pleaded guilty and will be sentenced to the High Court.
Scholars of interviewees pointed out that although Dai Yaoting, Huang Zhifeng, and others pleaded guilty, they were the primary elements in the case and believed that they would still face a very long term.
The West Kowloon Magistrate Court announced the report on the case on Thursday morning, and listed the public words and deeds of each defendant in detail, nearly 150 pages.The case pointed out that the 29 defendants who pleaded guilty were the university associate professors, then or former legislators, district councilors, politicians, union leaders or businessmen.Among them, Dai Yaoting, in December 2019, joined for another defendant District Nuo Xuan to lobby and propagate many articles on newspapers and social media in the newspapers and social media.The Citizen Party later responded publicly.
Dai Yaoting set up ten stepmates in April 2020 "really stir -fry (Cantonese, and the meaning of the same)", which was accused of prompting Western countries to impose political and economic sanctions on mainland China and Hong Kong.Operations to overthrow the SAR government and reverse state power.He advocated that after more than 35 seats of the Legislative Council of the Legislative Council, he rejected the financial budget without difference and forced the Chief Executive to dissolve the Legislative Council to resign.
The case pointed out that Dai Yaoting and others were responsible for organizing primary elections, the rest provided support and candidates, and some organizations were responsible for recruiting volunteers, crowdfunding funds and logistics arrangements.After the Hong Kong National Security Law came into effect, several defendants did not withdraw, continued to organize and participate in the election forum, and held the preliminary election in July 2020.All defendants were arrested early last January.
According to the website of the Hong Kong Judiciary website, the defendant in this case has been divided into two groups.Among them, the 29 people who pleaded guilty have been in batch in September and November this year.They include Dai Yaoting, Huang Zhifeng, and former Democratic Chairman Hu Zhiwei.
18 people who do not plead guilty are waiting for the interrogation of the High Court
18 people who do not confess otherwise, they have to wait for the interrogation of the High Court.They include former Legislative Councilors Lin Zhuoting, former reporters He Guilan and Wu Zhengheng.
One day before the trial on Thursday morning, Lin Dingguo, the director of the Secretary for Law of the Hong Kong Government, issued a certificate to the High Court of the High Court in accordance with the power given by the National Security Law of the Hong Kong State Security Law, instructing the preliminary case to set up a jury.The personal safety of the jurors and their families, as well as the settlement of jury to "the actual risk that may hinder judicial justice and proper implementation."
Dr. Chen Xiaofeng, Secretary -General of the Hong Kong Law Exchange Foundation, said in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that according to the penalty of the "crime of subverting the state power" of the Hong Kong National Security Law, the primary elements or major crimes were imprisoned for at least 10 years, and the highest can be sentenced to life imprisonment;Participants can prison for 3 to 10 years; other participants can be sentenced to up to 3 years in prison, or they can be sentenced to the labor camp or a social service order.Dai Yaoting, Huang Zhifeng and others are the primary elements in the case and are expected to face a very long sentence.
Chen Xiaofeng explained that under the general law, general criminal cases In order to encourage the defendant to confess early guilty to reduce the damage to the victim and reduce the time of the court, there are usually one -third of the confession deduction.However, the Hong Kong National Security Law is a national law, and national security -related crimes are crimes that must be treated strictly, and the principle of confession deduction under the general law will not be completely applied to this case.
As for whether some defendants do not plead guilty, they will face more severe punishments. Chen Xiaofeng pointed out that confession or confession and minimum torture will be decided by judicial officers as appropriate. Judicial officers will make judgments from some defendants' past words and deeds.
He said: "The case of 29 people pleaded guilty, which reflected the deterrence of the Hong Kong National Security Law, and the final sentence will also become a benchmark for the same type of cases in the future.Do some illegal acts. "
