SCMP
Two former Hong Kong opposition lawmakers have been jailed for up to 16 days for their roles in causing a ruckus during a 2019 Legislative Council meeting on a contentious extradition bill which the administration later scrapped amid citywide protests.
Ex-legislator Eddie Chu Hoi-dick was sentenced to 14 days in jail for his role in the incident, while his former colleague Raymond Chan Chi-chuen was given 16 days’ imprisonment.
The pair were involved in the 2019 incident, in which lawmakers hoped to stall proceedings of a committee scrutinising the extradition bill.
According to court documents, the incident resulted in pro-establishment lawmakers Ben Chan Han-pan and Elizabeth Quat reporting that they have been injured. Quat sought treatment from a Chinese medicine doctor for her injuries.
At West Kowloon Court, Chu pleaded guilty to four counts of assaulting, obstructing or molesting a member within the precincts of the Legco chamber. Chan pleaded guilty to two counts of the same charge.
Former opposition lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting also stood trial for the incident on Tuesday, but pleaded not guilty. His case has been scheduled to be heard in September.
In handing down his sentence, acting principal magistrate Andy Cheng Lim-chi said that the behaviour of the two defendants obstructed people, adding that although no one was seriously injured, the meeting had to be stopped.
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