Three former members of the Hong Kong Branch Federation Association, which have been dissolved, were sentenced to four and a half months after refusing to submit the operating information at the Hong Kong Police State Administration.The three were dissatisfied with the verdict and appealed to the Hong Kong Higher Court on Tuesday (March 21) on Tuesday (March 21).There is no hearing date.
The comprehensive network media "Hong Kong 01" and Yahoo News reported that the three of them proposed to appeal were Zou Xingtong, former vice chairman of the Hong Kong Branch Association, and two standing committee members Deng Yuejun and Xu Hanguang.They were charged on September 8, 2021 as the officer or manager of the Federation of the Federation of the Federation of the Federation, or assisted by the management, and received the "Submitting Information Notice" by the Hong Kong Police National Security Department in accordance with the Hong Kong National Security Regulations, but did not follow the notice of the notice.Regulation.
The original judge Rhodequan said that it is not realistic if the police take a rigorous standard to confirm that the branch association is a "foreign agent".The relationship with overseas people is indeed a reasonable reason to believe that the branch association is "foreign agent".Furthermore, "foreign agent" is a new concept and has no registration mechanism, but it does not constitute a crime. Now it must be searched and screened from scratch.Data, then ruled their sins.
Rhodequan said that national security is particularly important, and the sentence must be ensured that the law is reflected in the law to maintain national security.He believes that the defendant held a press conference high -profile and submitted a public letter to the police to show that the refusal information was premeditated, and it also showed a firm determination to refuse. Eventually, each person was sentenced to four and a half months in prison without the reduction of torture.
Rhodequan said that the three defendants applied for bail after the sentence was sentenced to waiting to appeal, and eventually allowed Deng Yuejun and Xu Hanguang to bail with the original conditions.Zou Xingtong once again pointed out that the bail condition hindered freedom and refused to accept.