Hong Kong Judge He Junyao was transferred and sentenced many cases of "Regulation Amendment Disturbance"
Overseas Network, September 7th. Hong Kong Eastern District Court Magistrate He Junyao previously convicted the defendant in a number of cases related to the "Regulation Amendment Disturbance", which caused a large number of complaints from the public.
At present, He Junyao will be transferred from the Magistrates' Courts and transferred to the High Court to handle the scheduling of criminal cases in the Court of First Instance. The title is "criminal case scheduling judge", which means that He Junyao will no longer hear criminal cases for the time being.
According to reports from Hong Kong Wenhui.com and Hong Kong’s “Dongwang”, He Junyao has repeatedly sentenced violent elements who have caused serious damage to Hong Kong’s social security to not guilty or given light sentences. He also made biased and politically inclined remarks from time to time. Complaint.
Among them, three members of the "Hong Kong Independence" organization "Hong Kong All Chi" protested at the National Anthem Law hearing in 2019. Magistrate He Junyao ruled that the three were guilty of failing to comply with order, but only fined 1,000 Hong Kong dollars and even claimed that they were The future must be "the pillars of society", clamoring that they should stay "useful bodies"; in November 2019, high school boys threw petrol bombs at the Chai Wan married police dormitory. In May 2020, they admitted that they had ignored their lives, but Magistrate He Junyao threatened " The only injury may be when the defendant was subdued" etc.
The office of Ge Peifan, a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, has repeatedly received a large number of complaints from the public about He Junyao's biased position and unfair rulings in his handling of the "regulation amendment" cases in the past year.
Ge Peifan said that He Junyao had convicted all the defendants guilty or lightly sentenced. On the contrary, the police officer who gave evidence in court was criticized as an unreliable or dishonest witness, which made people question his bias and whether he was still suitable for handling. Cases involving the defendant who violated the law for certain political purposes or creeds.
In the process of judgment and trial, He Junyao's remarks released extremely negative information to the public, causing troublemakers to mistakenly believe that they can express their opinions through illegal or violent behavior.
According to the Hong Kong Judiciary website, the "criminal case scheduling judge" is mainly responsible for the scheduling of more serious criminal cases in the Court of First Instance. The duties include processing the application documents of the prosecution and the defense, and after receiving the defense's scheduling request Within 21 days, schedule the case for trial and set a trial date.
The duties of the "criminal case scheduling judge" only involve administrative work and do not need to hear the case in person.
In response to complaints from the public that judges such as He Junyao and other judges have repeatedly made unfair judgments, Hong Kong’s Secretary of Justice Cheng Ruohua also emphasized that when judges make mistakes in legal viewpoints, use their discretionary powers incorrectly, or make unfair judgments due to serious procedures or other improprieties, The Attorney General has to decide whether to appeal the case, or file an appeal in a criminal case, or apply for a review of the sentence. (Overseas Net Zhu Huiyue)