Forty-seven pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong were charged with “conspiracy to subvert state power” and detained on the 28th of last month.
Comprehensive Hong Kong media reports, 47 people in Hong Kong case of concern to all walks of Life, three consecutive days of trial have no results. Today, after a full day of trial, at 7:54 p.m. tonight, Judge So Wai Tak announced that 15 people were released on bail, including Tam Man Ho, Lee Yu Shun, Shih Teck Lai, Cheung Ho Sen, Ng Kin Wai, Kwok Ka Ki, Ko Yiu Lam, Lam King Nam, Lui Chi Hang, Cheng Tat Hung, Yeung Suet Ying, Ho Kai Ming, Lau Wai Chung, Wong Pik Wan and Pang Cheuk Kee.
The other 32 defendants were not granted bail, including Dai Yaoting, who was named by Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of China, as an “extremely bad anti-China activist” to be severely punished, but tonight withdrew his bail application and waived his right to an eight-day bail review. The case will be postponed until May 31, the court said to let the police further investigation.
However, the Hong Kong Department of Justice filed an application for review of the decision to release 15 people on bail, and asked the court to detain the 15 defendants; So Wai Tak then agreed to the request, decided to grant bail to 15 people, 48 hours later to the High Court of First Instance to deal with the Department of Justice’s application for review, meaning that the 15 people will continue to be remanded in custody with the remaining 32 people who have not been released on bail, the news caused discontent outside the court, and the families of the defendants broke down and cried in court. The news caused discontent among the crowd outside the court, and some Family members of the defendants broke down and cried.
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