A Hong Kong court has rejected an appeal from the the Hong Kong Department of Justice (DOJ) over a lower court’s decision to acquit a woman for holding a banner.
Dong Ming, a Falun Gong practitioner in Hong Kong, was pushing a trolley with a banner that read “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance is good” and a placard beside it at the Tung Chung Bus Terminus on May 28, 2021. About two hours later, when she and her friend were packing their belongings and preparing to leave, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) officers confiscated the items.
Dong was later fined for “displaying/posting posters on private land without permission.” She denied the accusation, choosing to defend herself in court, and was acquitted on June 22, 2022….