2024-02-16 03:40:14
Before the planned district election, he went to the Registration and Electoral Office to protest once morest Gu Siyao’s attempt to incite and was convicted and sentenced to prison in September. Officials denounced him for using the topic as an excuse.
Before the district election in early December 2023, Gu Siyao, a veteran social activist, plans to go to the office of the Registration and Electoral Office and shout slogans such as “Love the country, love the party and eat shit,” and “The political system has regressed by a decade” to protest once morest the inability of democrats to participate in the district election. . He denied one count of attempted sedition and was found guilty at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Friday (16th) and sentenced to nine months in prison.
Chief Magistrate So Wai-tak pointed out that the defendant planned the operation early in the morning, including preparing a coffin, which showed his intention to demonstrate. If he had not been arrested before the operation, he would have taken action. Su Huide pointed out that citizens have freedom of speech, but it is not an absolute right. Merely expressing opposite opinions without seditious intentions does not constitute a crime. However, the defendant planned to carry a coffin symbolizing death and the end, and wrote “Patriot, Patriot and Party Members” , using the district council election as an excuse to make people refuse to accept the district election results, thus creating confrontation, with the ultimate goal of overthrowing the regime.
The prosecution was represented by Senior Prosecutor Li Tingwei, while Gu Siyao did not have a lawyer and defended himself; the case was heard by Chief Magistrate So Huide. Gu Siyao appeared in court wearing a black jacket and a red T-shirt. He made a fist gesture towards the auditorium, and the audience waved to him.
The charges were filed at the end of November last year
to two days before the constituency election
The defendant Gu Siyao (77 years old, unemployed) was charged with one crime of “attempting to commit or preparing to commit one or more acts with seditious intent”, which means that between November 29 and December 8, 2023, he Hong Kong attempts to commit or prepares to commit one or more acts with seditious intent, namely:
(a) Cause hatred or contempt for the Central Government and/or the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or provoke rebellion once morest them;
(b) Provoke Hong Kong residents to attempt to procure changes to other matters enacted by law in Hong Kong without resorting to legal means;
(c) Cause hatred, contempt or excite rebellion once morest the justice of Hong Kong;
(d) Incite others to violence; and/or
(e) Encourage others to disobey the law or obey lawful orders.
Case number: WKCC5279/2023
1708061268
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