(Hong Kong Comprehensive News) Six members of the Hong Kong independent student organization "Light City" who advocated armed uprisings "Light City" on Saturday (August 20) acknowledged to incite others to implement the crime of subverting state power.People involved in violation of the National Security Law were convicted.
According to Sing Tao Daily and Bloomberg, a total of seven members of the "Light City" were tried in the regional court on Saturday, but one of them was allowed to be guilty after reading the revised version of the case.Listen to the defense again every day.
Seven defendants involved in the case were between the age of 15 and 25 when they were arrested last year. They were suspected of sending out publicity orders and expressing remarks for many times last year, advocating the "armed uprising" to overthrow the government's only way out.In addition to Cai Yongjie, a 21 -year -old man warehouse clerk who applied for a suspension of defense, the remaining six of them acknowledged that they conspired with others to incite others to organize, plan, implement or participate in the implementation of the following force, threatening use of force or other illegal means to subvert the behavior of the state power., That is, overthrowing and destroying the fundamental system established by the Constitution of the People's Republic of China; and overthrowing the central government agency of the People's Republic of China or the government agency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Reported that the seven defendants have been detained since the arrest.Each of them faces the highest prison for seven years, which is the highest sentence of the regional court.
This case marks that since the implementation of the National Security Law in June 2020, a 15 -year -old student has been charged with violations of the National Security Law, showing that the official attitude does not distinguish between the age of severe enforcement.
