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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: MarisolBer on October 05, 2024, 10:52:49 AM
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Arrest number ten occurred on 10 February. For the reason that police arrested and charged Chung earlier than classification, some considered the arrest as unlawful. During this time, images have been also posted on the popular mainland China chat room, Tianya Club, and had been viewed almost 20 million instances a day. Around 20 February nonetheless, mainland sites took motion to stop access to the pictures. The native Chairman of the Internet Society and legislator Regina Ip said that it was inevitable that police would apply the legislation selectively, for it can be impractical to take motion towards each person who had committed an offence in Hong Kong. One week later, there was a larger protest demonstrated in opposition to alleged "discriminatory" law enforcement towards Internet customers. An Assistant Professor on the University of Hong Kong questioned whether an amended cost of "Publishing an Indecent Article" applied to pictures uploaded onto the Internet. However, there was no evidence that he uploaded the pictures to the Internet. Legislator Ronny Tong questioned the "extravagancy" of this listening to, and suggested there could also be a neater and cheaper manner to gather Chen's evidence. Although Chen agreed to co-function with the authorities, he refused to return to Hong Kong to present evidence in the trial.