Wu Oi-man, a pro-communist man who repeatedly destroyed the Falun Gong truth-clarification sites in December 2020, was convicted on Oct. 30 at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court for five counts of criminal damage, and his sentence was postponed to Dec. 1.
Magistrate LI Chi-ho announced the reason for the ruling, pointing out that the case was not disputed at the factual level, and the defendant did not deny that the items of the Falun Gong Street Station were damaged. Regarding the defence citing the Constitution and the National Security Law, saying that the defendant believes that the exhibits of Falun Gong practitioners are “illegal” and that in order to “defend national security,” he “has the right to enforce the law on his own.” Magistrate LI said the defendant was trying to argue his way out of the issue and asked, “If someone says something that is insulting to our country, can they also enforce the law themselves? Murder, theft, and sabotage can all be protected by the National Security Law?” The defendant was found guilty of all crimes as he had no reasonable defence for his conduct….