Forty-seven pan-democrats in Hong Kong have been charged with “conspiracy to subvert state power” for their alleged participation in last year’s Legislative Council “35+ primary election”. 15 of the defendants were granted bail by the judge but the prosecutor applied for a review of the bail ruling in court, requesting that the defendants continue to be detained. The Department of Justice informed the defense lawyers of four of the defendants on Friday that the Attorney General had decided not to review their bail applications. The four defendants are Yeung Suet Ying, Lau Wai Chung, Lui Chi Hang and Lam King Nam. The four have left the courtroom and returned Home after appearing in court on Friday evening for bail procedures.
Their bail conditions include not making, distributing or reproducing in any way, directly or indirectly, any statement that could reasonably be regarded as “endangering national security”, not leaving Hong Kong and surrendering all travel documents, including British National Overseas Passports (BNO passports), which are not recognised by China. The four defendants were also required to post cash and personnel bonds and to report to a designated police station several times a week.
Bail reviews for the remaining 11 defendants will be heard in the High Court of Hong Kong on Saturday morning. The other 24 defendants in the case who were denied bail will appeal the decision to deny bail, which will be heard by the High Court on the 12th of this month.
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