There have been new developments in the case of 12 Hong Kong youths detained at the Yantian detention center in Shenzhen for more than 100 days. The families of two of them have recently received a letter from the arrested person requesting a lawyer to confess to the crime in Hong Kong. James To, a former Hong Kong lawmaker, questioned the allegation that mainland Chinese officials had sent lawyers to collect intelligence on behalf of China for Hong Kong police to investigate.
12 aged 16 to 30 s Hong Kong youth, including the suspected members of the Hong Kong story Li Yuxuan hk guoan violations, including 11 male one female, ever to participate in the campaign against sent in the last year, on August 23, riding a boat smuggling is suspected to Taiwan on the way, doubt in Hong Kong waters of southeast guangdong province coast guard intercepted by China sent to yantian seizure, detention house has more than 100 days.
Shenzhen yantian district people’s procuratorate on September 30, on charges of organized others to cross the border, approved the arrest of deng chuan, Qiao Yingyu, arrested on suspicion of illegally cross border approval Li Yuxuan, Huang Weiran, Zhang Junfu, Zhang Mingyu, zi-xian li, Guo Zilin, cheng TSZ ho, Liao Ziwen, YanWenQian, Huang Lin f 10 people, to November 27, 12 Hong Kong was transferred for yantian district procuratorate examination before prosecution, however, families entrust lawyers representing mainland China still fails to meet with 12 people, Hong Kong authorities insist that they have each received two thegovernment-sent lawyer.
The 12 Hong Kong people’s Concern Group announced to the media earlier that some of their family members had received letters written by them at the end of November. However, the group questioned that the contents of the letter were roughly the same, saying that they had eaten and slept well in the detention center and had not been mistreated. It also expressed remorse and asked the family members to keep a low profile and not contact with the media, which may have been written from an official copy.
Hong Kong Attention Group: some family members receive the second letter
The 12 Hong Kong People’s Concern Group held a press conference with a number of family members on Saturday (December 12), announcing that some of the family members had received the second letter from the arrested person. Other family members also received a call claiming that the mainland authorities had sent lawyers to request for family photos and other suspicious matters. Some of the arrested people’s bank accounts in Hong Kong had been cancelled without any reason.
The parents of Mr Lee, who has been charged with rioting and assaulting police in Hong Kong, said at a news conference that they had received a second letter from their son, asking them to appoint a lawyer to confess their crimes in Hong Kong. According to His father, Hong Kong and China have different judicial systems and the contents of His letter are suspicious.
Mr Lee’s mother, Mrs Lee, criticised the Immigration Department and the Guangdong Branch for failing to deliver letters from his family to him for several months. She was concerned that Mr Lee might have to ask for a lawyer in Hong Kong to plead guilty on his behalf under unknown circumstances, such as when he was being held in detention.
Mrs. Lee said they entrusted a lawyer representing mainland China has been unable to meet with the zi-xian li, she repeatedly received claims to Chinese lawyers and WeChat contact person calls, but has not to be identified, law firms and other data, and repeatedly asked her to send you and your family photo to shenzhen, she also have to send in the letter, the son of family photos, made her big feeling strange, and refused to related requirements.
Huang Weiran’s wife: the official lawyer is suspected to be collecting intelligence
The wife of Huang Weilan, suspected of making explosives in Hong Kong, said she received two calls last week from lawyers from mainland Chinese officials inquiring about her husband’s case in Hong Kong and his relationship with other people arrested. She described the official’s lawyers as being in the habit of collecting information.
Mrs Huang said: “I think he (thegovernment-sent lawyer) mostly want to rhetoric (intelligence gathering), he asked some of some of the details of the case in Hong Kong, my husband and I didn’t say more with him, then he said to comfort me, actually my husband, the case in the mainland of China, in fact is not too big, the case is not too serious, because of the public security of the complaint, not to my husband’s written into the complaint case, I don’t know why he wants to emphasize this with me.”
The mother of Huang Weixian, another of those arrested, said officials in Mainland China had not responded to how to pay lawyers, arguing that her son had no money and could not hire his own lawyer in the detention centre. Huang called on Chinese authorities to release details such as the date of the trial as soon as possible. She hopes to be able to attend the hearing in Shenzhen and see her son as soon as possible. She also hopes her son can return home as soon as possible.
Family members of Deng Qi Ran suspected of complicity in setting fire with intent to endanger lives say that a second letter from Deng Qi Ran was recently received, in addition to as if the first letter officially mentioned his life in the keeping house, as well as good health, and was simply handed over to the family to deal with his cargo in Hong Kong. However, the families of Deng Qi Ran say they received notification from the Bank of China to close the bank account of Deng Qi Ran for commercial administrative reasons.
The family of Deng Qi LAN also said earlier calls were received from lawyers claiming to be from the Chinese mainland, but no progress in the case was acknowledged.
Mr To: We will not rule out sending lawyers to the Hong Kong police to try to win the case
Former Democratic Party legislator James To told a press conference that lawyers in Hong Kong must make sure that the client is willing and sober to give instructions. Even the father of the client is not allowed to give any instructions to the lawyer on his behalf, and even if the defendant pleads guilty if he is not in Hong Kong, the court cannot deal with him.
Mr To asked why, under one country, two systems, mainland Chinese lawyers could interfere with the Hong Kong family of an arrested person to plead guilty.
Mr To said that there were regular channels for lawyers in Hong Kong and China to communicate with each other and there was no need to communicate through family members. He reiterated that family members did not trust the lawyers appointed by the government and could not understand why they would inquire into the case of the arrested person in Hong Kong. He did not rule out that they wanted to seize the case before handing it over to the Hong Kong police. However, Mr To stressed that the information could not be used as evidence in a Hong Kong court.
Cen: I am concerned that 12 Hong Kong people will be denied a fair trial in Hong Kong and China
According to Wong’s family, he was questioned at least 12 times during his detention on matters unrelated to smuggling into China, including his alleged crimes in Hong Kong and his relationship with other Hong Kong residents arrested at the same time, said Cen Ofai, a Tsuen Wan district councillor and member of the Hong Kong People’s Concern Group. He questioned the possibility that The Chinese authorities might interrogate 12 Hong Kong people to obtain information on the Hong Kong social movement cases and feared that the 12 Hong Kong people might be denied a fair trial on both sides of the border.
The 12 Hong Kong people concern group, on behalf of the family members, reiterated that the lawyer entrusted by the family members should meet and represent the 12 Hong Kong people, to ensure that the trial is held in public, not in secret, and inform the family members about the date of the trial in advance, so that the family members can attend the hearing, and let the 12 Hong Kong people receive a letter from the family members and contact them by phone.
The Attention Group has also printed a number of Christmas cards. Street stations will be set up throughout Hong Kong to allow members of the public to write Christmas cards to the 12 Hong Kong residents.
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