Former Shatin District Councillor Li Chi-wang was arrested in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, alongside several other people during a 2020 parade initiated by netizens. Li was charged with one count of making an excessively loud noise in a public area or committing acts of disrupting public order. The Eastern Magistrates’ Courts gave its verdict on July 15.
Magistrate Winnie Lau Yee-wan said that although the defendant did not commit any substantive acts of violence, he did verbally abuse the police and incited other demonstrators at the scene on the day in question. Lau ruled the defendant guilty of these offenses and had him remanded in custody until Li’s sentencing on July 28.
