Former Hong Kong district councilor Ng Kin-wai said on Tuesday that he was not remorseful for collaborating in an alleged conspiracy to subvert state energy by controlling the 2020 Legislative Council election, in response to native media.
Ng claimed that he participated within the alleged conspiracy with out being conscious of its illegality and solely found the illegality upon his arrest in January 2021. Ng stated he believed the “Five Demands Not One Less” demand of protesters in 2019 was authorized and cheap, and acknowledged that his sentence could also be commuted by a considerably shorter period on account of his lack of regret and late plea. He additionally stated he would bear full duty for his previous conduct.
Ng is one in every of 47 pro-democracy activists who have been charged with conspiring to commit subversion beneath Article 22(3) of the China-imposed National Security Law over their roles in subverting state energy to realize a controlling majority within the 2020 Legislative Council election and power then-Chief Govt Carrie Lam to resign beneath Article 52 of the Basic Law. Thirty-one pro-democracy activists, together with Tam Tak-chi, pleaded responsible and 16 different activists denied the costs.
In Could, the Hong Kong Court docket of First Occasion convicted 14 of 16 democracy activists on their subversion prices. The prosecution acknowledged that the defendants agreed to veto authorities budgets in the event that they obtained a majority within the 2020 Legislative Council election to power Lam to deal with the “5 Calls for Not One Much less” demand, which included calls for akin to repealing the now-withdrawn extradition invoice and for Lam to resign as Chief Govt. The prosecution additionally stated that the defendants continued to pursue their settlement though it grew to become illegal upon the promulgation of the China-imposed Nationwide Safety Regulation on June 30, 2020. Then again, the court docket acquitted Lau Wai-chung and Lee Yue-shun, discovering that it was unclear in the event that they supposed to subvert state energy. The court docket acknowledged that Lau didn’t advocate for the budgets to be vetoed and that it was unclear if Lee was a celebration to the settlement.
Ng is the primary within the alleged conspiracy case to symbolize himself in mitigation.
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