The former president of the Hong Kong University Students' Association, which impacted the Hong Kong Legislative Council, changed the charge of rioting, and the maximum sentence is 10 years

  [Global Network Reporter Zhao Youping] "Hong Kong Independence" elements Sun Xiaolan and Liu Yongkuang, who attacked the Hong Kong Legislative Council Complex on July 1, last year, were charged with riots. According to Hong Kong law, the crime of riots is punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment.

  According to Hong Kong's "East Network" report, a large number of thugs attacked the Hong Kong Legislative Council Complex on July 1 last year and carried out extensive destruction. The police arrested many people afterwards, including the Hong Kong University Student Union Pre-Confessions that had publicly advocated "Hong Kong independence" Sun Xiaolan, the elder, and Liu Yongkuang, a spokesman for the Hong Kong "Private Assembly Team". They were originally accused of "entering or staying in the area of ​​the conference hall", but today (9th) were changed to riot.

  According to Hong Kong's "Sing Tao Daily", Sun Xiaolan posted on her social networking site at noon today (9th) that she received a lawyer's notice that she would be charged with rioting. Liu Yong Kuang also posted on the social networking site, saying that he would go to court tomorrow (10th). The original prosecution charged them with the crime of "entering or staying in the conference room". The maximum sentence is 3 months' imprisonment. The maximum sentence is 10 years in prison.

  According to public information, Sun Xiaolan served as the president of the Hong Kong University Student Union in 2016, and was the first president of the Hong Kong University Student Union who expressed support for "Hong Kong independence" during his term of office. According to previous reports from Hong Kong media, Sun Xiaolan publicly advocated "Hong Kong independence" during the interview.

  The crime of riot was included in section 19 of the Hong Kong Public Security Ordinance. It stipulates that if anyone involved in an illegal assembly disrupts social peace, the assembly will be a riot, and the assembly will be an assembly riot; anyone who commits the crime of riots will be sentenced to a maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment if convicted.

  The Hong Kong police introduced in mid-May that since the "revision incident" last year, as of the morning of May 14, the police had arrested 8,337 people, of which 1,448 were involved in the crime of riot, and 581 people have been prosecuted for the crime of riot. Xian Jiahao, the first 21-year-old man in Hong Kong's "Rituals" who pleaded guilty to riots, was sentenced to 4 years in the Hong Kong District Court on May 15.