🏛Eastern Magistrates' Court1 #ESC1
👩🏻⚖️Ms YIM Shun Yee, Ada (Principal Magistrate) #YIMSYA
#Sentence
#20200701CausewayBay #UA
D4: LAI(22)
🛑Remanded for 14 days
Charge: Unlawful assembly
Contrary to s.18(1) and (3) of the Public Order Ordinance, Cap. 245
All defendants are charged that on July 1, 2020, at 66 Causeway Rd., Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, with other persons unknown, took part in an unlawful assembly.
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Sentence:
On August 8, 2022, LAI pleaded guilty. The Court then called for a detention centre report for sentencing.
On July 1, 2020 at about 13:00 to 15:00, thousands of protestors marched on the road at Causeway Bay, built roadblocks and set fire along Wan Chai and Causeway Bay. Around 15:41, police gave warnings to protestors on Causeway Road and Gloucester Road. However, protestors ignored police warnings. They set up an array of umbrellas and kept chanting slogans and throwing debris. Around 16:00, police dispersed protestors outside Hong Kong Central Library, 66 Causeway Road, after they raised black, orange and blue flags consecutively. Later, police arrested 68 protestors (including LAI). Video footage shows that D1 was among the array of umbrellas during the said assembly.
Detention centre report indicates LAI is not suitable.
After considering the facts, including LAI's good character and his mitigation, the Court adopts 6 months' imprisonment as a starting point. After a one-third discount for the guilty plea, the final sentence of LAI is 4 months' imprisonment‼️
👩🏻⚖️Ms YIM Shun Yee, Ada (Principal Magistrate) #YIMSYA
#Sentence
#20200701CausewayBay #UA
D4: LAI(22)
🛑Remanded for 14 days
Charge: Unlawful assembly
Contrary to s.18(1) and (3) of the Public Order Ordinance, Cap. 245
All defendants are charged that on July 1, 2020, at 66 Causeway Rd., Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, with other persons unknown, took part in an unlawful assembly.
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Sentence:
On August 8, 2022, LAI pleaded guilty. The Court then called for a detention centre report for sentencing.
On July 1, 2020 at about 13:00 to 15:00, thousands of protestors marched on the road at Causeway Bay, built roadblocks and set fire along Wan Chai and Causeway Bay. Around 15:41, police gave warnings to protestors on Causeway Road and Gloucester Road. However, protestors ignored police warnings. They set up an array of umbrellas and kept chanting slogans and throwing debris. Around 16:00, police dispersed protestors outside Hong Kong Central Library, 66 Causeway Road, after they raised black, orange and blue flags consecutively. Later, police arrested 68 protestors (including LAI). Video footage shows that D1 was among the array of umbrellas during the said assembly.
Detention centre report indicates LAI is not suitable.
After considering the facts, including LAI's good character and his mitigation, the Court adopts 6 months' imprisonment as a starting point. After a one-third discount for the guilty plea, the final sentence of LAI is 4 months' imprisonment‼️