Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, February 29th. The spirit of the rule of law and equality before the law is a core value recognized by Hong Kong society. The arrest and prosecution of Li Zhiying, one of the "gang of four people treason and chaos in Hong Kong", has sufficient grounds and is a manifestation of the spirit of Hong Kong's rule of law. Some politicians in Hong Kong and the West have made irresponsible remarks about this. Not only are they totally untenable, they are also attacks and interference on the rule of law.
Li Zhiying was charged with two charges, one of which involved illegal assembly last year and the other of which involved criminal intimidation of a journalist in 2017. The parade in Wan Chai District to Central District on August 31, 2019 was an unauthorized assembly and violated Article 17 of the Public Order Ordinance, Chapter 245 of the Laws of Hong Kong. Li Zhiying and others not only walked in the front row and led the assembly that day, but also many media reported that he was calling the port number chaos with a group of chaotic elements at Southorn Stadium in Wan Chai. Since then, illegal marches have evolved into serious violence.
Hong Kong's "Public Security Ordinance" clearly stipulates that where three or more people come together to commit an act that disrupts order or acts that are intimidating, insulting or provocative, it is intended to cause or is likely to cause anyone Those who reasonably fear that such assembly will undermine social tranquility, or fear that they will provoke others to undermine social tranquility through the above acts, are illegally assembled. It can be seen that the prosecution of Li Zhiying on the basis of "illegal assembly" is entirely reasonable.
As for another "criminal intimidation" charge, the incident occurred in a public event in Victoria Park in June 2017. According to a number of Hong Kong media reports, Li Zhiying suddenly walked to a male reporter who was interviewing at the time, fingered his face and insulted and intimidated. These words and deeds are reportedly all recorded.
According to certain acts of intimidation prohibited by the Hong Kong Crimes Ordinance, threatening another person to cause damage to the person, third person, or property, with the intention of frightening the threatened person or others, is an offence. As a media operator, Li Zhiying certainly knows the significance of the media in protecting the public's right to know, and of course he knows the reporter's right in an interview. His malicious threat and vulgarity towards an ordinary media practitioner undoubtedly constituted criminal suspicion.
From this we can see that the Hong Kong police are legally and reasonably performing their tasks on the basis of solid evidence, and the two prosecutions brought by Li Juying by the Department of Justice of the SAR Government strictly follow legal procedures. The police and the Department of Justice's Attorney General's legal action against Li Zhiying seem to poke some of the pain of anti-China chaos Hong Kong elements. They began to talk wildly, clamoring madly, calling it "political revenge" and "accounting after the fall", so that the society could be heard. But as some legal scholars have clearly pointed out, this is the basic causal logic of breaking the law first and prosecuting later. The slander of anti-China chaos politicians is nothing more than trying to cover up their inner fears and vainly trying to avoid the trial of the law that they will eventually face.
What is even more strange is that the prosecution of a Hong Kong media boss has attracted the attention of some Western politicians. They mingled with the chaotic Hong Kong elements, whitewashed and shielded Li Zhiying's wrongdoing, grossly interfered with the rule of law and judicial independence of the SAR, and interfered in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs. It can be seen that in recent years, the chaos in Hong Kong and the spirit of the rule of law have been eroded, with deeper roots.
All kinds of crooked winds that deliberately distort the doctrine of the law have become very enthusiastic in Hong Kong's society recently. It is even more worthy of our attention and vigilance. Some strange theories such as "illegal justice" and "political prosecution" fabricated by some politicians have misled many ordinary citizens, especially young people who are not deeply involved in the world, and have caused horrible violent incidents such as illegal assembly, procession, shop robbing, and passers-by. . Those who scourge the country and the harbour even regard the law as a private device to play with at will. When they point their finger at others, they trample on it and use rhetoric to instigate public opinion to escape responsibility. If Li Zhiying's so-called "unique" status and western "backstage" are allowed to escape, then what is the spirit of the rule of law in Hong Kong?
It is in this sense that the arrest and prosecution of Li Zhiying shows precisely the courage of Hong Kong society to fear no wrongdoing and to stir up disorder anyway. The return of law and justice: No one has the right to override the law and must bear the consequences whenever he breaks the law.
In January this year, Ma Daoli, Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, stated at the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong Legal Year 2020: "The society should cherish the rule of law, which is the cornerstone of cohesion of the society." A fair trial will not only show legal justice, effectively stop riots, but also safeguard the most fundamental cornerstone of long-term law and order in Hong Kong.