China News Service, April 28. According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, Deng Bingqiang, director of the Hong Kong Security Bureau, said in a written reply to questions from members of the Legislative Council on the 27th that as of February this year, a total of 10,277 people had been arrested by the police in connection with the "Amendment" cases, of which 2804 people were prosecuted and 1172 convicted.

As of this year, 175 people have been arrested for violating the national security law, including 112 and five companies charged.

　　Deng Bingqiang said in a written reply to questions from members of the Legislative Council on the 27th that in the illegal incidents related to the "Amendment", the police arrested a total of 10,277 people as of February 28 this year, of which 2,804 were prosecuted, accounting for 27.3% of the number of arrests. Of the prosecutors, 1,172 were convicted, accounting for 41.8% of those charged.

The cases of 939 people are still on trial.

　　Since the implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, as of March 31 this year, 175 people have been arrested for allegedly engaging in acts endangering national security, including 112 people and five companies have been prosecuted.

All 8 people who have completed trials so far have been convicted, 78 people have been remanded in custody and 59 people have been released on bail.

　　Deng Bingqiang revealed that as of the end of February 2022, of the about 2,100 cases related to the "Amendment" incident received by courts at all levels, about 1,700 cases have been closed, and about 94% of the cases handled by the magistrates' courts have been closed.

Therefore, the urgent challenge to be faced in the next one or two years is mainly to deal with the remaining about 190 cases before the District Court, of which about 85% are scheduled for trial in 2022-2023.

　　Deng Bingqiang said that because the relevant cases involved a large number of people and involved a large number of videos used as evidence in court, the trial took a long time.

The judiciary has adopted a multi-pronged approach over the past two years to prioritize and expedite the handling of cases involving the "turbulence over amendments" and the National Security Law as much as possible.