Six Hong Kong youths were sentenced to five years in prison by the court, and they were suspected of participating in the riots during the 2019 anti -revision demonstration.
According to Sing Tao Daily, judge Xie Shen Zhihui made the above judgment in the regional court on Tuesday (October 31).
The six defendants are 21 -year -old Chen Yanhong, 22 -year -old Zhang Yingyu, 31 -year -old Zhu Guozhi, 21 -year -old Du Wenxiao, 22 -year -old Gao Tianyou and 22 -year -old Lin Fengzhi.On the 18th, a period between Nathan Road between Lao Dao and Xianmeidon Street participated in the riots.
When the judge was sentenced, it was said that someone launched an organization on the streets on the Internet before the incident. The riot was not completely unprepared."It's like a skilled army."
The judge said that the demonstrator threw more than 250 gasoline bombs that night, extremely violence, unscrupulous and incompetent, and there were gasoline bombs in front of the police officer's feet.Police were injured.
The judge described the riots in this case as "one of the most serious and violent riots ever in history". Demonstrators caused the risk of personal injuries and injuries on the scene, and it was difficult to estimate the loss of property and deepened different political opinions.The differences of people, destroying police -civilian relationships, and increasing public expenses.The judge finally decided to start with five years as a penalty.
The demonstration conflict broke out in November 2019 in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. After the police were sealing, some demonstrators tried to "surround the Wei to save Zhao", gather the road in the area of Yau Tsim Wong, and throw at least 251 gasoline bombs. Afterwards213 people were arrested and handled in 17 cases.
