This is the 1102nd issue of Hong Kong One Day
Tai Yiu-ting, Joshua Wong, and 29 other Hong Kong rioters have confessed to conspiring to subvert state power
According to the media report of Dagong Wenhui, 47 political thugs were suspected of violating the Hong Kong National Security Law and accused of conspiring to subvert state power for organizing and participating in the illegal "35+ primary election", and all of them have completed the procedures handed over to the High Court for handling at the beginning of this month. During the delivery procedure, 29 defendants, including Tai Yaoting, Joshua Wong and Mao Mengjing, pleaded guilty and will be handed over to the High Court for sentencing.
Image source: Hong Kong Wenhui Network
The 29 defendants who pleaded guilty included Tai Yaoting, Au Nuoxuan, Zhao Jiaxian, Chung Kam Lin, Yuan Jiawei, Liang Huangwei, Xu Zijian, Shum Zijie, Mao Mengjing, Feng Dajun, Liu Zefeng, Joshua Wong, Tan Wenhao, Li Jiada, Tan Dezhi, Hu Zhiwei, Zhu Kaidi, Zhang Kesen, Huang Ziyue, Yin Zhaojian, Guo Jiaqi, Wu Min'er, Tan Kaibang, Liu Gongkuang, Yang Yueqiao, Fan Guowei, Lv Zhiheng, Shum Ao hui and Wang Baiyu.
According to the facts of the case, Tai Yiu-ting and Au Nok-hwan have published widely in various media and online media platforms since December 2019. In April 2020, Dai published the "Ten Steps to Speculation" roadmap, in a vain attempt to disrupt the daily and systematic operation of the Legislative Council to achieve the goal of subverting state power and paralyzing the SAR government. One of the important steps Dai advocated "speculation" was to win 35 or more seats in the Legislative Council in order to have an advantage in parliament. When the "35+" seats are secured, the defendants will indiscriminately veto any budget and public expenditure bills proposed by the government, forcing the Chief Executive to dissolve the Legislative Council, paralyzing the functioning of the Government, and eventually leading to the resignation of the Chief Executive. After being elected, the defendants will not perform their duties as members of the Legislative Council, that is, they will not uphold the Basic Law, will not be loyal to the SAR Government, and will not serve the SAR conscientiously, conscientiously, in full accordance with the law, honestly and honestly.
In order to effectively control the majority of seats in the Legislative Council, Tai Yiu-ting, Au Nok-hwan and others jointly organized and publicly publicized the "pan-democratic camp primary", in which the candidates were required to commit to the official election by the person with the highest number of votes, and some of them acted as "plan B" in place of the disqualified candidates. At the same time, Wu Zhengheng launched a "three-vote, three-no-vote" campaign on social media and newspapers to ensure that candidates keep their promises.
In addition, it is understood that the Secretary for Justice, Mr Lam Ding-kuo, recently issued a certificate to the Court of First Instance of the High Court, instructing that cases of illegal "primary election" do not require a jury to hear. The reasons are that the case has a foreign-related element, the personal safety of jurors and their families is guaranteed, and the actual risk that the establishment of a jury may obstruct the proper enforcement of justice.
"Selling piglets" is not alarmist
Recently, some people in Taiwan have been lured and trafficked to Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries, and there have been many cases of seeking help in Hong Kong. Some Hong Kong people were lured to Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand and disappeared. According to the information, the Police Organised Crime and Triad Investigation Bureau will follow up on the case. This afternoon (18th), Deputy Secretary for Security Toh Siu-yek, together with the police and the Immigration Department, met with the media to explain the latest situation.
Zhuo Xiaoye mentioned that since January this year, the law enforcement department has received a total of 20 Hong Kong people for help, and it is understood that 12 Hong Kong people have confirmed safety and 10 of the 12 people have returned to Hong Kong. 2 people are still local but still safe. In a meeting with the media, Cheuk Said said that the Security Bureau would set up a joint task force to follow up on the latest situation.
As for the 8 Hong Kong people who have not yet been rescued, Cheuk Hyo Ye said that he will continue to use different methods, contact different departments, and exhaust all feasible channels, including the Chinese Embassy in the local area, to try to rescue the remaining people. According to the Immigration Department, the eight unsaved Hong Kong people are still in Myanmar, and according to their families, their personal freedom is still restricted, and the authorities will do their best to rescue them. Cheuk admitted that it was difficult to rescue the remaining 8 Hong Kong people because they still had not been able to fully grasp their positions.
Zhuo Xiaoye also pointed out that special notices about job fraud cases in other places have been added to the page of the travel warning page. However, he pointed out that travel warnings for relevant Southeast Asian countries remain yellow, such as specific mention of not traveling to northern and southern Myanmar.
Previously, the Immigration Department said that since January this year, it has received a number of requests for help from the families of Hong Kong people, saying that their families suspect that they are missing contact in the above-mentioned countries; During the same period, the Police also received more than 10 cases of seeking help from other places due to fraudulent job searching, online romance and other scams.
Some Hong Kong media revealed that a local woman was lobbied to invest in cryptocurrencies and lost $1800 before she learned of being scammed. The man who cheated said he was trapped in a resort-like location on the Myanmar border and was forced to participate in a telephone scam, and if he did not cheat 5 million Hong Kong dollars, he would have to pay a ransom to escape. The man also revealed that his ransom was 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, the camp was in Karen State on the Thai-Burmese border, the local area was occupied by the militia, in a state of anarchy, the camp was controlled by Chinese, there were hundreds of "employees" inside, there were trapped people who tried to escape from the camp, they were shot, and they witnessed seriously injured people being carried away.
Another media pointed out that a 28-year-old man met a woman through social platforms about three years ago and became a couple, and under the sweet words of the other party, he was tricked into meeting in Thailand in July this year. The other party paid for the man's air ticket and was responsible for his local food, clothing, and housing. After the man arrived in Bangkok, his mobile phone and passport were confiscated and taken to an unknown place, and he later learned that he was in Myanmar. Members of the unscrupulous group asked him to engage in fraudulent work, and he was severely beaten at the slightest disobedience, saying that he was beaten almost daily, including being surrounded by multiple people and being attacked with electric shock rods, leaving him with long scars all over his body.
The defrauded Hong Kong people were trapped in the camp of the fraud group in Myanmar, which was equipped with barbed wire
In this regard, the Immigration Department reminds Hong Kong citizens that if they need assistance overseas, they can call the Immigration Department's "Assistance to Hong Kong Residents Abroad Group" 24-hour helpline (852) 1868, or use the Immigration Department's mobile application to call the 1868 hotline with online data, or through the online help form.
Hong Kong added 6,054 new confirmed cases Breaking 6,000 cases for the first time since April
The fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong continues to rebound, and the Department of Health and the HOSPITAL held a press conference on the epidemic today (18th) afternoon. The Director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, Mr Cheung Chuk-kwan, announced that as of 00:00 today, there were 6,054 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, including 5,811 locally confirmed cases and 243 imported cases. Among the locally confirmed cases, 2184 were confirmed by nucleic acid testing, and 3627 cases were positive for rapid testing and positive nucleic acid review.
The Chief Administrative Manager of the Hospital Authority (Medical Outcomes and Technology Management) Kwan Wai Man announced that 5 more confirmed cases have passed away in Hong Kong in the past day, and the fifth wave of the epidemic has accumulated 9376 deaths so far. The new deaths involved 4 men and 1 woman, aged between 50 and 92, and 4 of whom did not receive 3 doses of THE COVID-19 vaccine.
MIRROR concert accident Stage engineering contractor arrived at the police station today to help investigate
A serious accident occurred at the MIRROR concert, resulting in a serious injury to a dancer. (File photo)
On the 28th of last month, a serious accident occurred at a concert held in Hong Kong's Red Pavilion, when a group of huge screens hanging in mid-air suddenly flew down and hit 2 people on stage during the performance, and one of the dancers, Ah Mo (Lee Kai Yan), was seriously injured and had to undergo multiple surgical treatments, and is still in hospital, and the incident was handed over to the West Kowloon Region Serious Crimes Unit for follow-up.
It is understood that the organizer of the concert, "Hip Hing Lung Stage Engineering Co., Ltd.", which is responsible for stage machinery engineering, sent 3 representatives and staff members to arrive at the West Kowloon Police Headquarters at about 2 p.m. today (18th) accompanied by a barrister to accept a confession to assist in the investigation.