Occupy protester jailed for contempt of Hong Kong court over injunction violations
Lawmaker’s assistant becomes the first person to be imprisoned for violating injunction during the 2014 unrest, while another is fined HK$10,000
Alvin Cheng Kam-mun, a lawmaker’s assistant, became the firstperson to be sentenced for criminal contempt of court over injunctions sought against participants of the 79-day road sit-ins in 2014.
Waiter Au Yuk-kwan was fined HK$10,000 and given a suspended sentence of one month for the same offence.
High Court judge Andrew Chan Hing-wai said a deterrent sentence was needed for large-scale and deliberate actions to defy court orders.
This was to protect the rule of law, “which distinguishes civilised society from anarchy”, he said, quoting a Canadian judge in a previous case. “Your conduct does not embarrass this court; it challenges the very existence of it.