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Lu Siwei and Ren Quanniu were struck off after they spoke up for their clients, who were among the 12 Hong Kong protesters detained for illegally crossing a border.
Diplomats from the US, Britain, Australia, Canada, Portugal and the Netherlands wait outside the Yantian District People’s Court, where 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who were arrested last August as they tried to flee Hong Kong to Taiwan by boat will face trial, in China s southeastern city of Shenzhen, across the border from Hong Kong, Dec. 28, 2020. Photo: RFA
Ten out of 12 Hong Kong protesters arrested as they tried to flee the city to the democratic island of Taiwan stood trial at a court in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Monday, on charges linked to illegal border crossings. On the afternoon of Dec. 28, this court held a public trial in accordance with the law in the illegal border crossing case, the Yantian District People s Court said in a statement posted to its official account on the Weibo social media platform.
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Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong will likely hold the trials of 12 Hong Kong protesters detained as they fled to the democratic island of Taiwan in the very first days of the New Year, according to a defense lawyer representing one of them.
The Yantian District People’s Procuratorate in Guangdong s Shenzhen city is prosecuting Hong Kong activists Quinn Moon and Tang Kai-yin for organizing an illegal border crossing, which carries a maximum penalty of seven years imprisonment, and Li Tsz-yin; Andy Li; Wong Wai-yin, and Kok Tsz-lun for illegally crossing a border.
According to an FAQ article published by defense attorney Lu Siwei in a number of Hong Kong media outlets this week, the trial looks set to be held at the Yantian District People s Court on Jan. 1.