2023-04-17 06:36:36
Huang Zhifeng, the former secretary-general of Hong Kong Zhongzhi, and others were accused of contempt of court for posting information on the police officer and his family members who shot Sai Wan Ho on the Internet. Huang Zhifeng pleaded guilty earlier, and the judge today sentenced Huang Zhifeng to 3 months in prison. Another defendant in the same case also pleaded guilty to contempt of court and was sentenced to 21 days in prison, suspended for one year, and had to pay 8,000 yuan in legal costs to the Department of Justice.
Ho Cheuk-hang, a barrister representing the Department of Justice, pointed out that the court issued an injunction in October 2019, prohibiting anyone from illegally and intentionally “kicking” a police officer. In addition, he also granted anonymity for the police officer who shot Sai Wan Ho and his family. make. Joshua Wong is suspected of posting on a social networking site in August 2020 to disclose relevant information regarding the police officers involved. The post was deleted within two days, but 4,900 people responded within a short period of time. Nearly 200 people left messages and nearly 400 people shared them. Among them were comments It is inciting others to harass the family members of the police officers involved. He Zhuoheng said that the defendant, as a public figure, has 500,000 people on his social platform, and the posts involved in the case can be widely and quickly spread. The court has the duty to inform the public that violating court orders is a serious incident and should be sentenced to deterrent punishment.
Huang Yabin, a barrister representing Huang Zhifeng, said that Huang Zhifeng pleaded guilty at the earliest time and was willing to bear legal responsibility. The post was deleted within two days following posting, and he hoped to apologize to the policeman who shot him and his family. As a well-known public figure, Joshua Wong’s post would be irreversible once it was published. If he had complied with the court order in the first place, this incident would not have happened.
Zeng Zicheng, another defendant in the same case, is suspected of posting three posts on his social page in June 2020, forwarding information including the police officer and his family members in the case. Zeng Zicheng wrote a pleading letter and mentioned that the post involved in the case had been deleted following the incident, and he no longer used any social platforms. He was dismayed by the incident and regretted his stupidity too much.
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