The trial of One Media Hong Kong founder Lai Chi-ying, Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China chairman Lee Cheuk-yan and former Democratic Party chairman Yeung Sum for their participation in the 8.31 a.m. Hong Kong Island march in 2019 began Wednesday.
The case alleges that the three defendants marched with others despite the police’s notice of objection, with Yeung Sum and Lee Cheuk-yan even leading demonstrators in shouting slogans and directing traffic, according to comprehensive Hong Kong media reports.
The case was brought before the court, where Lai Chi-ying, Lee Cheuk-yan and Yeung Sum pleaded guilty to “knowingly participating in an unauthorized assembly”. Lee Cheuk-yan pleaded guilty in court, but argued that he “did not do anything wrong” and stressed that “history will declare us innocent”. The judge decided to postpone the case until April 16 and sentenced him together with the “8.18 Victoria Park assembly” (i.e. the August 18 anti-sending rally). Lee Cheuk-yan and Yeung Sum were granted bail, while Lai Chi-ying continued to be scabbarded for allegedly violating the “Hong Kong National Security Law”.
It is understood that this is the second case of the 15 pan-democrats involved in the four cases of unauthorized assembly against legislative amendments. Lai Chi-ying, Lee Cheuk-yan, Lee Chu-ming and Albert Ho and other pro-democracy leaders were convicted of organizing and participating in an unauthorized assembly last week for the “8-18 Rally” in Victoria Park.
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