Hong Kong 21-year-old lifeguard pleads guilty to riot
[Global Network Reporter Yin Yanhui] According to Hong Kong's "East Network" "Sing Tao Daily" reported on May 4, last year, on June 12, Hong Kong thugs made trouble in Admiralty, preventing the Hong Kong Legislative Council from considering Mutual Legal Assistance Legislation (Amendment) Bill. A pool lifeguard was accused of participating in the riot in Admiralty on the same day. The case was tried in the Hong Kong District Court this morning (4th). He pleaded guilty to a crime of riot in the court. The first mob in the confessed riot.
The Legislative Council of the SAR was originally scheduled to meet at 11:00 on June 12 last year to consider the 2019 Mutual Legal Assistance in Fugitive Offenders and Criminal Matters (Amendment) Bill. The meeting time was postponed and many people were arrested afterwards.
At the age of 21, Xie Jiahao, who reported to be a lifeguard, was charged with one count of riot and two counts of resistance to police officers. "Dongwang" reported on May 4 that it was the first case involving an alleged riot involving the violence on June 12 last year. The accused claimed that the defendant participated in the riot together with other unidentified persons outside the public entrance of the Legislative Council Complex on June 12, last year, and resisted two police officers who performed their duties.
The report said that the case revealed that thugs poured out of the road at about 14 pm on June 12 last year, building a roadblock in an attempt to paralyze traffic. The police issued a warning to the people present, but the mob kept flocking to the front, causing the police to retreat.
The defendant Xi Jiahao admitted to throwing debris such as helmets, ice cream cones and umbrellas on the police line of defense that day. He was on the front line of the mob at that time, contending with the police line of defense. Although most of the thugs left the scene, the defendant remained behind and threw umbrellas and other debris to the police several times. Finally, he was arrested on the ground of illegal assembly after being subdued by the police. He admitted to participating in the illegal assembly under caution.
The defense lawyer pleaded that the defendant was a young man with a dream. After his arrest, he knew that no matter what he wanted to express, he could not resort to violence.
Some Hong Kong media previously reported that a spokesman for the SAR Government had stated on June 12 last year that there was riots in Admiralty and the demonstrators severely blocked the main traffic arteries, causing great inconvenience. Many demonstrators use very dangerous weapons, and violence has reached a dangerous level. They kept hitting police officers and the situation became more and more chaotic.
Lu Weicong, then the Commissioner of Police of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said in the afternoon that the police had always exercised restraint and tolerance, but demonstrators continued to use iron railings, bricks, etc. to attack the police line of defense. The police severely condemned the irresponsible behavior of the mob. The Hong Kong police reiterated that behaviors that disrupt public order and public safety are never allowed. The police will resolutely enforce the law, restore social order, and protect public safety.
In the evening, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lin Zhengyue, delivered a televised speech to all citizens in Hong Kong, strongly condemned the riots that undermined social peace and disregarded the law, hoped that society would restore order as soon as possible, and called on all citizens who love Hong Kong to stay away from violence.