[47 persons accused of subversion]The prosecution accused: Dai Yaoting actively advocated “35+, speculation” articles and press conference remarks turned into “criminal evidence” | Position Report | Position News

47 people were formally charged with “conspiracy to subvert state power” yesterday (2.28) for participating in the democratic primary election. All of them were detained overnight and appeared in West Kowloon Magistracy this morning. The case was still in the evening until 7:30 in the evening. Processing. It is understood that the prosecution’s allegations include that the defendants held the “35+” primary election from December 10, 2019 to July 31, 2020, allowing the democrats to obtain more than half of the seats in the Legislative Council elections (that is, more than half of the seats). 35 seats), and then reached the “speculation” plan advocated by Dai Yaoting, which ultimately paralyzed the government. The prosecution also alleged that Dai Yaoting actively published articles in major newspapers, advocating the concepts of “35+” and “specializing”.

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The prosecution also believes that the conspiracy plan of the defendants lasted for nearly 7 months from the primary election plan until the implementation, and it will continue after the implementation of the National Security Law. “Democratic Power” led by Zhao Jiaxian and Zhong Jinlin was accused of playing the role of providing a platform in the primary elections.

From July 20th to 29th, 2020, a total of 31 democrats who won the primary election formally submitted a list to register for the Legislative Council election originally scheduled to be held on September 6, and finally 9 people were “DQ”. Six losers in the primary elections were later suspected of signing up for the Legislative Council elections to make up for the “DQ” democrats. The government immediately announced that it would postpone the election for one year. As of January 6, 2021, the defendants were arrested by the police.

Prosecution: The defendants conspired to commit a crime in three stages

The prosecution believes that the conspiracy of many defendants is divided into three stages:

1) Promote the concepts of “35+” and “Looking for speculation”, and coordinate with all parties at the same time
2) Promotion and logistical work arrangements, crowdfunding and collecting the consent of the Democratic Party for the primary election
3) After the implementation of the National Security Law, comply with the objectives and results of the primary election

In the first stage, Dai Yaoting was accused of actively using major newspapers with the assistance of Ou Nuoxuan, such as writing articles in “Apple Daily” and “Ming Pao”, and posting on Facebook pages, advocating “35+” and ” The concept of “speculation” includes the suspected announcement on December 10, 2019 that “the Legislative Council will seize half of the legislature is an important step towards real universal suffrage”; on March 3, 2020, it is suspected that “the anti-police regime will be seized by the legislature.” Article; On the 10th of the same month, Dai Ji published an article on “Achieving the Same Goal 35+”.

Dai Yaoting was accused of describing the primary election as a “constitutional weapon of mass destruction”

The prosecution continued that on the 11th and 15th of the same month, Au Nuoxuan was accused of posting an article on his personal Facebook page, indicating that he and Dai Yaoting would work hand in hand to obtain a majority of seats in the Legislative Council and contend with the regime; and until the 22nd. Dai Ji described the primaries as “a constitutional weapon of mass destruction,” which can be used to not pass the government’s proposed budget and other public expenditures.

In response to the public appeals of Dai and Qu, the Civic Party Yang Yueqiao and Tan Wenhao were accused of holding a press conference on the 25th of the same month. At the meeting, the two suspected that they would participate in the primary election, and they suspected that they agreed to not pass the government’s budget and expenditures. Then they were involved in forcing Lam Cheng to resign and respond to the “five major demands.”

The next day, Dai and Qu held another press conference and suspected that they used the four-character “Legislative Assembly” as the background slogan. Dai was accused of requesting the cooperation of the democratic parties at the meeting to secure the “66443” seats in different constituencies. . Later, the two were accused of publishing articles titled “The Definition and Time of Rancha”, “The Significance of the Times”, and “Ten Steps to Real Rancha Is Hong Kong’s Fate” between April 14 and 30, respectively. , And accept media interviews to explain related concepts.

“Democratic Power” accused of calling for crowdfunding and recruiting volunteers to support the primary election

As for the second stage, the first four defendants were accused of holding a press conference on the “Democratic 35+ Referendum and Crowdfunding Project” on June 9 last year, during which he claimed that he had five directly elected seats and five super-district seats. More than 10 meetings were held. Zhao Jiaxian suspected that Dai and Qu had commissioned “Democratic Power” to handle the primary election arrangements. He also suspected that the democratic parties had reached a consensus on the allocation of seats, and he was suspected of appealing to the public to support crowdfunding. Zhong Jinlin suspected that he would find a suitable place as a ticketing station. On the same day, “Democracy Momentum” posted a post on Facebook about the details of crowdfunding to support the primary election and the recruitment of volunteers.

The prosecution also stated that on March 19 last year, the fifth defendant, Wu Zhengheng, launched a “three-vote and three-no-vote” campaign, instructing voters which candidates should and should not vote for in order to achieve the primary goal. , That is, at least 35 seats will be obtained. Wu Youyi transferred RMB 135,000 to “Apple Daily” Co., Ltd. as the cost of purchasing the front page advertisement of “Apple Daily” on July 3 of the same year to promote the primary election.

The prosecution also alleged that the police subsequently found a copy of the nomination form for the primary election in Zhao Jiaxian’s office and revealed that all candidates had signed a declaration and had paid an election deposit of 10,000 yuan. In addition, the nomination form for the primary election is accompanied by other agreements, including a common program, which includes the agreement that after obtaining half of the seats in the Legislative Council, it will actively exercise its powers, such as vetoing the budget and forcing the chief executive to step down, and agree to participate. In the primary election coordination mechanism, some defendants have signed relevant programs.

Liang Huangwei, Zhang Kesen and Zou Jiacheng are accused of drafting online statements

The prosecution stated that on June 9 last year, Liang Huangwei, Zhang Kesen and Zou Jiacheng were accused of drafting a “Luo Mo Wu Regrets Resolutely Protesting Protestant Position Statement”, which was signed by 20 defendants and posted on their personal Facebook pages, including Peng Zhuoqi, Liang Huangwei, He Qiming and Yu Huiming, etc.; some defendants signed relevant declarations, but did not post relevant posts on social platforms. Five defendants from the Civic Party and two defendants of the New Democratic League also signed declarations, but only the Civic Party signed a statement on their Facebook. Relevant posts are posted on the page.

On July 6th last year, two staff members of Dai Yaoting, Au Nuoxuan and the Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion held a press conference during which the district appealed to participate in crowdfunding to support the primary election. The prosecution also stated that a total of 51 candidates participated in the primary election involved, including the 6th to 47th defendants, involving 251 polling stations. During the voting period, the first 3 defendants appeared publicly 3 times to announce the voting progress. And the result, etc. On the 15th of the same month, 14 defendants including Yuan Jiawei, Huang Zhifeng, Cen Aohui and Wang Baiyu attended the press conference and reiterated their subversive propositions.

The prosecution also stated that the winner of the primary election submitted a nomination form to run for the Legislative Council election between July 20 and 29 last year. Among them, 15 candidates, including Yuan Jiawei, He Qiming, Tan Wenhao, Yang Yueqiao, etc., as well as Xu Zhifeng and Zhang Kunyang also received a query from the Returning Officer as to whether they support the Basic Law, etc. Afterwards, 6 candidates who lost in the primary election, including Lu Zhiheng and Lin Jingnan, also submitted nomination forms for the Legislative Council election as the primary election. The backup of the winner, etc. In the end, 9 candidates for the Legislative Council were disqualified, including He Guilan, Yang Yueqiao and Cen Aohui.

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