(25 Nov 2022)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hong Kong - 25 November 2022
1. Defendants leaving courtroom
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Margaret Ng, former lawmaker:
"On behalf of all the defendants, I'd like to thank all the people who have come to support us through this ordeal of the trial. Their support has given us very great encouragement and helped us to go through it calmly. Secondly, we particularly want to thank our legal teams. They have worked very hard and they have made extremely important submissions to the court. Their dedication, not only to us, but on the basis of the public good, is something that fills us with admiration and respect."
3. Defendants standing outside court (left to right) former lawmaker Cyd Ho, Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen, former lawmaker Margaret Ng, singer and activist Denise Ho, and cultural studies scholar Hui Po-keung
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Margaret Ng, former lawmaker:
"This case is not just about the six of us or the five trustees, but it is the first time ever that anyone had to face a charge under society's ordinance for failing to register. So the consequence, the effect to other people, to the many, many citizens who are associated together to do one thing or another and what will happen to them is very important."
5. Defendants outside court
STORYLINE:
A 90-year-old Catholic cardinal and five others in Hong Kong were fined after being found guilty Friday of failing to register a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in the widespread protests three years ago.
Cardinal Joseph Zen, a retired bishop and a vocal democracy advocate of the city, arrived at court in a black outfit and used a walking stick.
He was first arrested in May on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-imposed National Security Law.
His arrest sent shockwaves through the Catholic community, although the Vatican only stated it was monitoring the development of the situation closely.
While Zen and other activists at the trial have not yet been charged with national security-related charges, they were charged with failing to properly register the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which helped pay medical and legal fees for arrested protesters beginning in 2019.
It ceased operations in October 2021.
Zen, alongside singer Denise Ho, scholar Hui Po Keung, former pro-democracy lawmakers Margaret Ng and Cyd Ho, were trustees of the fund.
They were each fined 4,000 Hong Kong dollars ($512).
A sixth defendant, Sze Ching-wee, was the fund’s secretary and was fined HK$2500 ($320).
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