https://twitter.com/XinqiSu/s...25102141526016
https://twitter.com/XinqiSu/s...26934435840006
The reason for the apparent “leniency”.
https://twitter.com/XinqiSu/s...25102141526016
https://twitter.com/XinqiSu/s...26934435840006
The reason for the apparent “leniency”.
A ten minute trial.
About average for China.
It's a story of revenge and demonstration.
sounds about fair sentence as they are guilty as charged and were found in mainland waters in the botched escape
mainland didn't throw the book at them on any national security laws which they could have..
Two two HKers who were found guilty of "organising illegal border crossing" organised the action "according to someone else's arrangement", announcement from Yantian Court said.Opinions of lawyers hired by #12HKers families via @save12hkyouths
:1, The allegation of "organising illegally border crossing" cannot be substantiated if one only bought or drove the boat used in the crossing
On a separate topic, I’m curious what and why NSL violations would have at all been in play under any reasonable interpretation.2, Even if the allegation is substantiated, the sentence is too heavy3, According to information in the court's announcement, it can't be ruled out that more will be arrested
The Mainland case was not about NSL, was purely illegal border crossing, that's my understanding. Several arrested had already been charged in HK (hence the absconding part for HK if they choose to pursue it)- for those who had not already been charged and therefore had passports, well, they should have just flown anywhere out of HK rather than risk interception by the Mainland coast guard. But maybe they were short of money and this seemed like the only alternative, heaven help them.
I am sure there is a national security law (or they could find a law) on the mainland that they could prosecute these guys on...
put differently, if this was say a mainlander who came to hkg to participate in what these guys did, then then went back to the Mainland.. you think they would not be charged under some nsl law?