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According to a report by Hong Kong's "East Net" and "Sing Tao Net" and other media on March 29, 47 Hong Kong opposition figures suspected of participating in the so-called "35+ primary election" last year were charged with conspiring to subvert state power, of which Three defendants, Shum ZiJie, Leung Kwok Hung and Mao Mengjing, applied to the High Court for bail today (29 April). The judge rejected Leung Kwok-hung's bail application, nicknamed Chang Mao, and Cen Zijie's bail application was adjourned until April 12.
Cen Zijie's application for bail was postponed, and Liang Guoxiong's application for bail was rejected. (Source: Taiwan's "East Net")
The applications of Shum, Leung Kwok-hung and Mao Mengjing for bail today were again processed by Judge Du Libing, designated by the National Security Law of the High Court, and heard at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. respectively.
According to the report, Barrister Pan Xi, representing Shum Zijie, proposed that the court first process the bail application of another defendant, Leung Kwok-hung, while the Department of Justice believed that it would be better to process Cen Zijie's application first, and finally the judge postponed until 2:30 p.m. on April 12 to process Cen Zijie's bail application.
As for Liang Guoxiong, he appeared in court at 11:37, and after judge Du Libing listened to the statements of the prosecution and defense, he refused Liang Guoxiong's application for bail and had to be remanded for trial, and the written reasons were announced at a later date.
According to Hong Kong media reports, 55 opposition members of Hong Kong participated in the so-called "35+ primary election" in mid-July last year, suspected of violating Hong Kong's national security law, and were arrested at the beginning of this year, of which 47 were charged with "conspiracy to subvert state power" on February 28, and were first arraigned at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court on March 1.
The "35+ primary elections" that the opposition has repeatedly clamored for refer to an illegal election campaign launched in July 2020 by the leader of "Illegal Occupy Central", Tai Yaoting, in conjunction with a group of opposition. They intend to gain a majority of seats in Hong Kong's Legislative Council elections scheduled for September 2020, giving the opposition the ability to veto the Hong Kong government's bill.
On 13 July 2020, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor stressed that there is no "primary election" system in Hong Kong, and if the so-called "primary election" is aimed at winning seats in the LEGISLATIVE Council of the HONG Kong Special Administrative Region and comprehensively rejecting the decisions of the SAR Government, this act is suspected of constituting the crime of subversion of state power under the Hong Kong National Security Law.