Hong Kong Causeway Bay bookstore former store manager Lin Rongji last April 21 in Taipei was thrown paint, three suspects were later sentenced by the court according to the crime of injury, were sentenced to 3 months to 4 months in prison, can be easy to Section fine. The case was appealed by the Taiwan High Court on Tuesday (20) for a second trial, all three people involved were sentenced to an increased maximum of eight months, two of the defendants are not allowed to be fined.
On the Causeway Bay bookstore Lin Rongji in Taipei was doused with red oil appealed straight, according to Hong Kong 01 reports, the three defendants were sentenced to heavier sentences.
According to previous reports, Lin Rongji was dining at a coffee shop in a section of Zhongshan North Road in Taipei that morning when he was suddenly splashed with paint by an unknown man. The police then formed a task force to investigate, and on the following day in Kaohsiung will be involved in the case of Zheng Qilong, Zeng Shisheng, Zeng Shi Feng arrested. The police investigated that Zheng Qilong was dissatisfied with Lin Rongji’s idea of democracy and human rights in Hong Kong, and after learning that the other party was running a bookstore in Taiwan, he plotted with his brothers surnamed Zeng to throw paint. The police have been trying to find a way to get rid of the problem.
According to the Taiwan High Court, Lin Rongji said at the court hearing that he would still be afraid because of the case, fearing that he would be followed and personal safety, and that the sentence of a first trial with a fine was unfair to the victim. According to the photos of the scene, you can imagine that the scene was frightening, Zheng Qilong and others just because of dissatisfaction with Lin Rongji’s position and philosophy, in broad daylight on the streets of Taipei, throwing paint on Lin Rongji, should be given to the non-negotiable.
The Taiwan High Court believes that Lin Rongji is the operator of the “Causeway Bay Bookstore” in Hong Kong, which has a considerable international reputation, and wants to operate the “Causeway Bay Bookstore” in Taiwan before the case, which has a special significance. Zheng Qilong and others insulted and injured Lin Rongji with violence, and according to Lin Rongji’s lawyer, similar cases still occurred after this case, Zheng Qilong and others acted as a bad influence on the good morale of Taiwan society and the spirit of freedom and democracy, which is evident. The first trial of Zheng Qilong and others 4 months, 3 months in prison, has deviated from the general people’s legal expectations, contrary to the principle of equivalence of crime and punishment, that the prosecutor had grounds for appeal, the original verdict was reversed and the sentence was increased.
According to the report, in the end, the high court considered the division of labor involved in the case and the seriousness of the circumstances, sentenced Zheng Qilong 8 months in prison, Zeng Shifeng 7 months in prison, both of them are not allowed to be easy to impose a fine, and Zeng Shisheng 6 months in prison, can be easy to impose a fine.
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