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3 opposition activists to plead guilty to charges arising from unauthorised rally on July 1, 2020
- District councillor Tsang Kin-shing, former councillor Andy Chui and activist Tang Sai-lai will admit criminal liability, enter formal plea in October
- Four other opposition figures earlier reveal intention to plead guilty to charges they are facing
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Three opposition activists have indicated they plan to plead guilty to charges arising from an unauthorised rally against the enactment of Hong Kong’s national security law last year.
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The trio will enter a formal plea in October alongside four other opposition figures, who earlier revealed their intention to admit criminal liability over their roles in the July 1 procession on Hong Kong Island.
Prosecutors have laid 17 charges against eight opposition activists, including four former legislators, over their involvement in the first large-scale protest after the Beijing-imposed legislation took effect on June 30 last year.
In a pretrial hearing at the District Court on Tuesday, district councillor Tsang Kin-shing, 65, and former councillor Andy Chui Chi-kin, 54, told the presiding judge they would each admit a count of incitement to knowingly taking part in an unauthorised assembly.
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Chui and activist Tang Sai-lai, 59, would plead guilty to holding or organising an unauthorised assembly in exchange for prosecutors dropping a count of knowingly taking part in an unauthorised assembly, the court heard.
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