On July 1, 2019, some Hong Kong protesters broke into the Legislative Council building. Many people were charged with crimes, including rioting. The case resumed in the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court (Provisional District Court) on June 13, 2023.
One of the defendants, Lam Kam-kwan, who pleaded not guilty, disputed an involuntary confession. The defense pointed out that when Lam went to China to visit his relatives on Aug. 13, 2019, he was charged and arrested for “disorderly behavior.” He was detained in Shenzhen for about two months, during which the Hong Kong Police threatened Lam to confess soon, or he would remain in China. Lam was also threatened by the Chinese authorities that he would be made to “disappear” from the face of the earth.
