On July 1 of the previous year, the Hong Kong Island demonstration turned into a conflict between the police and the people. During this time, when a riot policeman was trying to subdue a boy outside Queen’s College in Causeway Bay , was stabbed in the left shoulder with a military saber by former engineer Huang Junhua. Arrested on a flight to London, England, he had previously pleaded guilty to intentional wounding and rioting and was sentenced to five years in prison. His girlfriend was accused of helping him escape the police and was prosecuted. He denied a crime of having committed an act intended to obstruct judicial justice. After the trial, she was convicted in the district court. Judge Yao Xunzhi today (21) pointed out that the defendant’s behavior seriously hampered the execution of judicial justice. After reflection, he was sentenced to 12 prison terms each.
The defendant to be sentenced today is 26-year-old Zhang Zhicheng, who said she was a trainee, Huang Junhua’s girlfriend at the time of the incident, who was trying to help Huang Junhua escape arrest by the police force of Hong Kong. During the interrogation, the prosecution pointed out that after Huang Junhua fled the scene, the accused continued to search for flight information, and after Huang bought the ticket, the accused also accompanied him to the airport. The defense now intercedes for the defendant’s report to be positive, the defendant himself did not commit any other crime, and was involved in it due to his relationship with Huang as a couple, non-profit or malicious crime, and the role of the defendant is minor and not critical He considers his good character positive.
During the ruling, the judge stressed that the seriousness of this case is the crime committed by Huang behind. Huang stabbed a police officer who was performing his duties with a knife, causing the police officer to be seriously injured. This is already a very serious fact. Huang was arrested, and with the assistance of the defendant, Huang may have escaped the law. His behavior has seriously hindered the execution of judicial justice. In the end, the judge sentenced the defendant to one year in prison, taking into account the role of the defendant, not being involved in a complex organization or plan, and the positive assessment of the defendant by the probation officer . The judge and the defendant reflect in prison, hoping that he can make various contributions to society in the future.
Case No: DCCC 189, 210, 809/2021
