Zou Xingtong, former vice chairman of the Democratic Organization of Hong Kong Democratic Organizations, appealed straight at the end of last year. It was revoked to be accused of inciting others at the beginning of last year and participated in the crime and punishment without approval., Apply to the appealing court to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal, and was approved on the morning of Thursday (January 19).
Comprehensive Public Pao Ming Pao and other reports, Zou Xingtong was charged with the online and newspapers in 2021, inciting citizens to participate in the Victoria Garden rally, and was ruled by a crime of "inciting others to know and participating in the approval."He was sentenced to 15 months in January last year. She was dissatisfied with the appeal. The Court of Court appealing on December 14 last year made a claim that the appeal was upright and sentenced to conviction and sentence.
Zhang Huiling, the judge of the High Court, pointed out in the ruling that there was no evidence that the police performed the initiative of the active responsibility for facilitation assembly according to the requirements of the public security regulations.The rally can be held under appropriate conditions to ensure that "competent".
She pointed out that the police are prohibited from rally in response to the epidemic. Although the branch will explain to observe any reasonable requirements of the police, the police just question and have no initiative to propose measures and conditions that can be considered.After deciding to ban the rally, the expert report was obtained to support their decision, showing that when the police decided to issue a ban, they did not consider the report of the relevant experts and failed to establish the legitimacy of the police ban.Penalty period.
As for Zou Xingtong's post on the website and newspapers, the judge agreed that the original trial of the article had incitement, but the legitimacy of the ban on the ban was not determined.
The Hong Kong Department of Justice applied to the court to appeal to the Court of Court of Final Appeal on the morning of the 19th in the High Court.Certificate of appealing permit in court.
