Leung Chi-hang

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Charge:	Public Disruption (Breach of the peace)
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Year Crime:	2014
Year Convicted:	2015
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Hong Kong
County or Region of Crime:	Hong Kong
City of Crime:	Hong Kong
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Leung Chi-hang was wrongly convicted in 2015 of disrupting public order during a street protest in October 2014 in Hong Kong. Chi-hang's mistaken identity defense was that he was merely a spectator, and that a girl came from behind and pushed a barricade and he was misidentified as the culprit. During his trial two police officers testified Chi-hang was the perpetrator. The trial judge ruled the police officers were credible witnesses and found Chi-hang guilty. Chi-hang appealed. On July 23, 2015 Chi-hang's conviction was overturned on appealed based on the new video evidence of a Cable TV news clip of the incident that showed no sign Leung moved the barricade, although his hands were on it."
Conviction Caused By:	"On July 23, 2015 Chi-hang's conviction was overturned on appealed based on the new video evidence of a Cable TV news clip of the incident that showed no sign Leung moved the barricade, although his hands were on it."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Chinese
Information Source 1:	"Man gets conviction trashed in protest drama, ejinsight.com, July 24, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.ejinsight.com/20150724-man-gets-conviction-trashed-in-protest-drama/
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Leung Chi-hang

Charge:

Public Disruption (Breach of the peace)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2014

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Hong Kong

County or Region of Crime:

Hong Kong

City of Crime:

Hong Kong

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

"On July 23, 2015 Chi-hang's conviction was overturned on appealed based on the new video evidence of a Cable TV news clip of the incident that showed no sign Leung moved the barricade, although his hands were on it."

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Chinese

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"Man gets conviction trashed in protest drama, ejinsight.com, July 24, 2015"

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http://www.ejinsight.com/20150724-man-gets-conviction-trashed-in-protest-drama/

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