Victim among hundreds to support former student leaders Billy Fung and Colman Li
Leonie Ki Man-fung, who had been attacked during the siege by students, says she forgives Li for his role in blocking her from medical care
Hundreds of mitigation letters were presented to a court on Thursday in support of two former University of Hong Kong student leaders who avoided jail for their roles in a chaotic siege of a council meeting last year, including one from a woman hurt in the fracas.
The letters, from council members, staff, alumni and current students, were a rare show of unity after years of division that plagued the school’s governing council.
They urged West Kowloon Court magistrate Ko Wai-hung, who is also an HKU alumnus, to show leniency in sentencing former student union president Billy Fung Jing-en, 23, and his then vice-president Colman Li Fung-kei, 22, for their roles in the siege.
The outpouring of support came after the Court of Appeal last month jailed 16 young protesters, including the three student leaders involved in the 2014 Occupy protests.
