Hong Kong’s District Court will sentence Benny Tai Yiu-ting, a renowned scholar in Hong Kong, on four charges of violating the election ordinance after he placed an advertisement calling on the public to “vote strategically” against political manipulation in the 2016 Legal Council election.
Tai Yiu-ting pleaded guilty on April 25 in the District Court. The verdict will be postponed to May 24, according to Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC.)
Two other defendants in the same case signed a 12-month binding-over order with a bail of HK$40,000 (about $5,095.)
ICAC earlier accused the three of posting six advertisements in Ming Pao and Apple Daily—Hong Kong’s two influential local newspapers—that incurred illegal election expenses totaling over HK$253,000 (about $32,230) in the 2016 Legislative Council general election, citing that they were not candidates or election expense agents for candidates.
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