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REASONS FOR VERDICT
1. The defendants plead not guilty to one joint charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, contrary to section 17(a) of the Offences against the Person Ordinance[1] (charge 1). D5 also pleads not guilty to one charge of common assault, contrary to Common Law and punishable under section 40 of the Offences against the Person Ordinance (charge 2).
Introduction
2. On the night of 14/15 October 2014 the police carried out Operation Solarpeak to clear the protestors of the Occupy Central movement. Many police officers both uniform and plainclothes officers were involved in the operation.
3. Crime Group A consisted of Quick Response Teams (“QRT”) and video teams. The defendants were all on duty that night in the area of Lung Wo Road. D1 led QRT A2-2, which included D2, D3, D5, D6 and D7. D4 was initially deployed as a member of a video team but later redeployed by D2.
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A Chinese political prisoner jailed after he publicly supported the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong has died at the age of 48, despite warnings from his family that mistreatment and possible torture at the hands of the prison authorities and police could kill him.
Guo Hongwei, who was serving a 13-year jail term in China s northeastern province of Jilin, was rushed to hospital with a brain hemorrhage after his family repeatedly warned that his high blood pressure had been left unmedicated, Hong Kong s
Apple Daily newspaper reported on Monday.
A person familiar with the matter told RFA last week that Guo had been tortured.
Guilty verdict for Hong Kong defenders spells end of local democracy
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01/04/2021 - 20:12 Ex legislator and father of Hong Kong s democracy Martin Lee (82) at the court in Hong Kong. Isaac Lawrence AFP Text by: Jan van der Made with RFI 5 min Seven of Hong Kong s top pro-democracy advocates, including a media tycoon and an 82-year-old veteran of the movement, were convicted Thursday for their roles in organising and participating in a march during anti-government protests in 2019. Advertising
Jimmy Lai, the owner of the outspoken
Apple Daily tabloid, Martin Lee, the octogenarian founder of the city’s Democratic Party, and five former pro-democracy lawmakers were found guilty in a ruling handed down by district judge Amanda Woodcock. They were charged with organising an unauthorised assembly . They face up to five years in prison. Two ot