Hong Kong’s top court has reinstated a former opposition lawmaker’s convictions and four-month jail sentence for exposing a probe into a police commander who led an investigation into mob violence at a railway station during the 2019 anti-government protests.
The Court of Final Appeal on Tuesday ruled by a majority to reverse Lam Cheuk-ting’s acquittal of three counts relating to unlawful disclosure of an investigation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
Lam, 47, was found guilty of the offences under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance in January 2022, before winning an appeal at the Court of First Instance last year.
The latest ruling may push back the release date of the Democratic Party member, who is now serving a total term of nine years and seven months arising from two other unrelated trials.
Lam has been a vocal critic of perceived police inaction after a 100-strong white-clad mob stormed Yuen Long MTR station and injured at least 45 people on July 21, 2019. The incident is widely seen as a trigger for heightened tensions between authorities and protesters during that year’s social unrest.
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