(Hong Kong Comprehensive News) The Hong Kong judge rejected the legal team of Li Zhiying, the founder of One Media, requested that his application for the crime of "conspiracy publication and replication of incitement publications" was determined that the prosecution did not exceed the time limit.The case continued to be tried on January 2, 2024.
Comprehensive Sing Tao Daily Newspaper and others reported that Li Zhiying and three companies related to Apple Daily were suspected of colluding with foreign forces on Friday (December 22) in the West Kowloon Magistrate Court of Hong Kong to enter the third day of the trial.
The legal controversy of the case revolves around the prosecution time limit of the prosecution of the "Printing and Copy of Inciting Publications" that the prosecution added in December 2021.The defense previously pointed out that the last article in the case was published on June 24, 2021, and Li Zhiying first appeared in court for the first time on December 28, 2021. He believed that the prosecution sued for four days laterAnd questioned whether the court had judicial jurisdiction over the charges of this incitement.
Three judges pointed out in the verdict that when the prosecution submitted the charges of new incitement to the court on December 14, 2021, the prosecution procedure for the crime had been launched.The judge ruled that the prosecution of "the crime of planning and replication of incitement" was calculated from the day of the court's submission of the document, that is, December 14, 2021, so the relevant prosecution did not exceed the time limit.
Li Zhiying was escorted to the court by the prison car on Friday morning, and he smiled and gave a thumbs up.During the trial, he waved his hands to the audience and looked at the family district from time to time, trying to communicate with his family through gestures and mouth shapes, and was stopped by the ruler.He performed calmly after hearing the judgment.
