Hong Kong man wins appeal over self-incrimination in Yuen Long attack case
Court clears Choi Lap-ki of rioting and wounding charges after finding trial judge inappropriately instructed him to help identify assailant
The three presiding judges separately reversed the acquittal of suspect Wong Chi-wing, 59, while upholding the convictions of three others – Tang Wai-sum, 65, Tang Ying-bun, 66, and Ng Wai-nam, 62.
The court also endorsed a seven-year sentence imposed on defendant Tang Wai-sum for “damaging the rule of law”, given his substantive role in the attack.
Wednesday’s ruling followed the first substantive inquiry by the appellate court into the nature and gravity of one of the most divisive chapters of the protests.
More than 100 men in white, many of them armed with rattan and wooden sticks, stormed the railway station and injured at least 45 people, arguing they were protecting their homes from “invading” protesters.