CHINA / POLITICS
By Cui Fandi Published: Apr 01, 2021 06:58 PM
Jimmy Lai Photo: VCGJimmy Lai Chee-ying, Hong Kong s media tycoon and a notorious anti-government figure, together with six former lawmakers were found guilty of organizing and attending an unauthorized assembly in 2019.
The verdict shows the independence of the Hong Kong judiciary in being able to withstand pressure to make the right decision based on laws, and that major forces in Hong Kong are coming together to secure the region s stability instead of bowing to foreign intimidation and interference, observers said.
Lai was convicted on Thursday morning alongside six ex-lawmakers, including Martin Lee Chu-ming, another mastermind behind Hong Kong riots in 2019.
A court in Hong Kong has found seven prominent pro-democracy politicians and campaigners guilty of unauthorised assembly over their role in a peaceful protest that was one of the biggest rallies in the Chinese-controlled city in 2019.
Those convicted on Thursday include media tycoon Jimmy Lai, as well as 82-year-old Martin Lee, who helped launch the city’s largest opposition Democratic Party in the 1990s and is often called the former British colony’s “father of democracy”.
The silver-haired Lee and the others sat impassively as district court judge Amanda Woodcock handed down her decision.
“I have found after trial the prosecution able to prove beyond reasonable doubt that all of the defendants together organised what amounted to an unauthorised assembly,” the district court judge noted in the full written judgement.
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Former lawmaker Lee Cheuk-Yan holds banners as he arrives the West Kowloon court buildings in Hong Kong, China, 01 April 2021. EFE-EPA/JEROME FAVRE
Former lawmakers Lee Cheuk-yan, (R), and Cyd Ho, (L), talk to reporters outside the West Kowloon court buildings in Hong Kong, China, 01 April 2021. EFE-EPA/JEROME FAVRE
Former lawmaker Leung Yiu-chung, (C), leaves the West Kowloon court buildings in Hong Kong, China, 01 April 2021. EFE-EPA/JEROME FAVRE
Hong Kong press magnate Jimmy Lai and six other former opposition deputies were found guilty Thursday of organizing and participating in an unauthorized anti-government demonstration.
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