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co-defendant_1 Kwok-hung

 

Charge:

Obstruction in public place

Sentence:

12 days in jail

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2007

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:

"Leung Kwok-hung and four codefendants were wrongly convicted in March 2006 of obstructing both lanes of traffic in a Hong Kong cross-harbor tunnel for half an hour as an act of protest in April 2005. The five co-defendants were sentenced to 12 days in jail. In January 2007 a Hong Kong High Court judge overturned the convictions against all five protesters. The judge said the way the magistrate had conducted the trial was laced with "problems" and "irregularities.""

Conviction Caused By:

Judicial misconduct for aiding the prosecution to obtain the convictions.

Innocence Proved By:

"In January 2007 a Hong Kong High Court judge overturned the convictions against all five protesters. The judge said the way the magistrate had conducted the trial was laced with "problems" and "irregularities.""

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Asian

Information Source 1:

"Conviction Overturned for tunnel protest five, By Jonathan Cheng (staff), The Standard (Hong Kong), January 6, 2007"

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