[Update at 23:11]By 11 pm, the case has not yet been completed, and the defendants’ applications for bail are currently being processed. Yang Meiqi, the deputy criminal prosecutor (special duty) representing the prosecution, once said that she got up at 6 a.m. this morning and appeared in court more than 8 a.m., hoping to take a break, and once asked for another call tomorrow (2nd). The defense opposed the adjournment of the case. Senior Counsel Liang Jiajie, who represented the defendants Yang Yueqiao, Tan Wenhao, Guo Jiaqi, and Li Yuxin, said that he was also hungry, and it was not only the prosecution who suffered from starvation.
The Chief Magistrate Su Huide decided to continue processing the bail application, but allowed some prosecutors, defendants, and legal representatives to leave the meal. Yang Meiqi finally left the “banquet” at nearly 11 pm.
Lawyer arrested for bringing documents into court
In addition, at 9 o’clock in the evening, a lawyer surnamed Qiu Nan crossed the police cordon, saying that he needed to bring the documents into the court. When a police officer asked to view the documents, Qiu refused on the grounds of privacy and the two sides had a dispute. About half an hour later, the detective suddenly arrested Qiu with handcuffs and took the police seven-man car to leave the scene. Later, a man stepped out from the court and asked the police officer present to explain the reason for the lawyer’s arrest. It is reported that some detectives asked Yau to produce identity documents outside the court and were refused. The detectives later arrested him for obstructing office work and failing to produce identity documents. This newspaper is making inquiries with the police.
[19:00]More than one hundred police officers equipped with large pepper sprays were on guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court to disperse citizens outside the court. Reporters on the scene can stand about 50 meters away from the vehicle entrance and wait for the prisoner vehicle to drive out. There are two lanes from Tongzhou Street towards Mei Foo. The second lane is full of police vehicles, and the first lane can still run as usual.
[16:03]The court reopened at about 3:30 in the afternoon. Supporters shouted “Come on, Hong Kong” outside the court and raised the gesture of “Five appeals, none of which are indispensable.” The police officer raised the blue flag for a while, and then the police simultaneously He raised the purple flag, saying that the slogans called by the citizens at the scene had the intent of splitting the country and subverting the state power. They were suspected of violating the illegal assembly and harming social peace. They ordered the citizens to leave immediately, otherwise they might use force to disperse them.
35 + 47 people charged in the big search/democratic primary election related reports:
Observing the citizens: Unclear how to subvert the country
47 people in the primaries, Renlong, a supporter outside the court today
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