【赴湯杜火暴動案】上訴庭：「合謀犯罪」原則適用於暴動罪 不在場者同可被控

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2019 年 7 月 28 日上環警民衝突，「赴湯杜火」湯氏夫婦與一名 17 歲少女被控參與暴動，三人去年 7 月獲於區域法院裁定罪名不成立，當庭釋放。惟律政司向高院上訴庭申請釐清法律議題，即「合謀犯罪」原則是否適用於暴動及非法結集罪，及如被告不在場，能否以「合謀犯罪」原則提控。案件早前經聆訊後，上訴庭今頒布書面判詞，指於證據充足下，可以「合謀犯罪」的相關原則，控告不在場人士暴動或非法結集罪。

上訴庭指，涉案者在場並非「合謀犯案」原則的先決條件，並舉例指策劃暴動或非法集結的幕後主腦、提供物質或基金者、以社交傳媒或電話鼓勵及宣傳非法集結或暴動者、提供支援及收集物資例如裝備、磚頭等供參與者使用的人士、於附近「把風」的人、及以車輛接載參與者逃離的人，均屬於合謀犯罪原則下的參與者，即使他們並不在場

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The prosecution is clearly trying to drag out the judicial process as much as possible to exert maximum mental strain on #HongKong’s pro-democracy politicians charged under #nationalsecuritylaw. Whether they even have enough evidence to form a case is questionable, but the defendants are effectively in political prison before a verdict!
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The loss of the right to legal representation is no longer news in #HongKong, we’ve already got the example of the 12 #HK youths abducted by the #CCP in Aug 2020. Now the first defendant of under the #nationalsecuritylaw #TongYingkit has given up appeal as he is not allowed to appoint his own lawyer under the legal aid scheme.
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Faith in #HongKong’s judicial independence lost. // #CCP #China #nsl #nationalsecuritylaw #judiciary #election #legco