2019 protests: 6 seek appeals for obstructing justice over PolyU campus bridge escape
Six people who rappelled off a bridge and fled from a university campus besieged by police at the peak of the pro-democracy protests in 2019 are seeking an appeal against their earlier convictions for perverting the course of justice. The six defendants, who were earlier found guilty and handed prison sentences after they fled into […]
Six individuals who fled from Polytechnic University during a 2019 pro-democracy protest are seeking an appeal against their convictions for obstructing justice. The protesters rappelled down from a bridge at the university and boarded getaway vehicles as police surrounded the campus. Ng Wai-nam, Leung Wing-yan, Lau Shuk-wa, Tom Wong, Lam Yam-to, and Lai Ching-yin were each handed prison sentences totaling five years and ten months.
Their legal teams argued that their actions of boarding vehicles should not constitute perverting the course of justice, as they were already collaborating with drivers. The High Court will decide the appeals within six months, with a panel of judges yet to rule on the cases.
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