(Turn) Hong Kong 15-year-old student threw petrol bombs and the judge praised: excellent child

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Matters is also full of people with this view, and the distortion of values is astounding. . . The rigid ideology makes them not distinguish right from wrong, and even refuse to take responsibility for the dispatch of brave soldiers. What kind of justice are they pretending to be? ?

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In early January 2020, a 15-year-old secondary school student in Hong Kong threw petrol bombs on the street and later pleaded guilty to arson and intent to damage property. However, when sentencing, the Hong Kong judge praised the defendant for "cherishing Hong Kong" and being an "excellent child", and finally sentenced him to an 18-month probation order.

Radical protesters threw a large number of Molotov cocktails in the previous turmoil of Hong Kong's amendment to the law. The picture shows the afternoon of September 15, 2019. Demonstrators set fire to various places in Central and Admiralty, Hong Kong, threw petrol bombs into the SAR Government Headquarters, and vandalized many MTR station facilities. (Xinhua News Agency)

According to Hong Kong's "Wen Wei Po" report on May 27, the boy was charged with throwing two petrol bombs on Fung Cheung Road in Yuen Long on January 8 to "test the power".

The defense pleaded that the case did not cause loss of people or property, and that the defendant's "purpose of committing the crime was not to hurt people", but was influenced by "social movements" and "committed the crime on a whim." Teachers at the school described him as "motivated" and "pursuing public welfare". The defendant said that he has now "deeply introspected" and hopes to run for district councillors after completing his studies, "starting from the community to change."

According to the report, Judge Shui Jiali of the Children's Court of the Tuen Mun Court praised the defendant as an "excellent child" during sentencing on the 26th and "appreciates" that he has "active and willing to help Hong Kong" at a young age, but "full enthusiasm" alone will not work. Defendants are exhorted to "learn to discern what not to do".

The defendant was eventually sentenced to an 18-month probation order, of which 9 months were required to live in a residential home and subject to a curfew. The judge said the move was to "protect" the defendant "to keep him from doing stupid things with a lot of blood."

The same day, the judge also heard another case involving a 15-year-old female high school student. The defendant gathered at Elizabeth Secondary School in Tin Shui Wai on the evening of September 30 last year. The police found a glass bottle containing ethanol, white oil, tin foil containing white powder, towels and disinfectant on her body. .

In court on the 26th, the defendant pleaded guilty to possessing a tool suitable for an illegal purpose and intending to use it for an illegal purpose. The defense said the defendant had good academic performance, "aspired to be a nurse," "empathetic and responsible," and was a "saved" child.

The judge, taking into account the defendant's guilty plea and the fact that the items involved were still raw materials, decided to read the probation report first, and adjourned the case to June 19 for sentencing. The accused was released on bail. The judge also reminded her that the petrol bomb-related case has serious social and political implications, and she should read well and live responsibly.

With the completion of investigations and interrogations of violent incidents in the past year, there have been many reports about sentencing recently. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam posted on Facebook on the evening of May 26, saying that she could not help but sigh.

Carrie Lam said that these middle school students committed serious criminal crimes because they were incited by radical netizens or misled by people with ulterior motives. Lin Zhengyue asked back, did those who in the past instill wrongly instilling the idea of "violating the law and righteousness" in the youth and instigating them to "struggle with force" have a good conscience?

Carrie Lam also emphasized that to prevent young people from going astray, the SAR government, schools, families and the whole society must share the responsibility to face the problem and find a way out.