Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 23 Jul 2021, 04:34 am Print
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Hong Kong: Two students of Hong Kong were jailed after they were found 'guilty' of rioting at the Chinese University campus two years ago.
District court judge Clement Lee Hing-nin convicted the two of rioting and using face coverings at an unlawful assembly on the Number 2 Bridge and Campus Circuit East at CUHK, reports The Standard.
Cheung Chun-ho, 20, an Institute of Vocational Education student, was jailed for four years and six months while Tang Hei-man, 25, a Chinese University student got three years and nine months. They were on trial with two other defendants, reports the newspaper.
Judge Clement Lee Hing-nin rejected a request from 20-year-old Cheung, who was found to have hurled objects at police that afternoon, that he serve time in a correctional facility in lieu of jail.
Lee said the need for a deterrent sentence to protect law enforcement officers and the general public outweighed the defendant’s personal circumstances, despite his young age, reports South China Morning Post.
Lee said a jail term was also warranted in the case of Tang, 25, who was found to have abetted the violence that day through her black attire and 13-minute presence at the scene, even though she was not caught committing any violent acts.
A third defendant, CUHK student Chan Hey-hang, 23, was also imprisoned for two months for violating the mask ban that day.
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