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15 opposition leaders in court charged with illegal assemblies
A group of 15 opposition figureheads were in court for their roles in illegal protests in Hong Kong last year
  ·  2020-05-19  ·   Source: China Daily

A group of 15 opposition figureheads, including publisher Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, appeared in West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on May 18 for their roles in illegal protests last year.

They faced charges of participating in, organizing and inciting multiple illegal assemblies. Lai, 72, founder of Hong Kong-based newspaper Apple Daily, was charged with five counts of unauthorized assemblies. Former lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, 64, was charged with seven counts in all.

Lai, Lee Cheuk-yan, 63, and Yeung Sum, 72, were arrested on February 28 for violating Hong Kong's Public Order Ordinance by participating in an unauthorized assembly in Wan Chai and Central on August 31, 2019.

Lai and other 14 activists were arrested on April 18 on suspicion of organizing and participating in some unlawful assemblies on August 18, September 30, October 1, October 19, and October 20 last year.

Principal Magistrate Peter Law Tak-chuen fixed the next date for hearing on June 15. The defendants were granted bail of HK$1,000 each. Apparently, cases involving all 15 defendants will be transferred to District Court.

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