Wong Hin-wai

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Charge:	Public Disruption (Breach of the peace)
Sentence:	14 days
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Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Hong Kong
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City of Crime:	Hong Kong
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Chow Nok-hang and Wong Hin-wai were wrongly convicted of causing a breach of the peace by publicly disrupting for about one minute a speech by Hong Kong's Secretary for Transport and Housing. The men were protesting train fares. Both men were sentenced to 14 days incarceration. In November 2013 Hong Kong's appeals court overturned the convictions on the basis the prosecution didn't introduce any evidence the men intended to "prevent" the speech from taking place as required by the Public Order Ordinance under which they were convicted."
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Innocence Proved By:	"In November 2013 Hong Kong's appeals court overturned the convictions on the basis the prosecution didn't introduce any evidence the men intended to "prevent" the speech from taking place as required by the Public Order Ordinance under which they were convicted."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Train fare protesters cleared of charges, By Thomas Chan (staff), South China Morning Post, November 18, 2013"
Information Location 1:	http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1359258/train-fare-protesters-cleared-charges
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Wong Hin-wai

Charge:

Public Disruption (Breach of the peace)

Sentence:

14 days

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Hong Kong

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Hong Kong

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"In November 2013 Hong Kong's appeals court overturned the convictions on the basis the prosecution didn't introduce any evidence the men intended to "prevent" the speech from taking place as required by the Public Order Ordinance under which they were convicted."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Train fare protesters cleared of charges, By Thomas Chan (staff), South China Morning Post, November 18, 2013"

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http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1359258/train-fare-protesters-cleared-charges

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