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Hong Kong judge approves contempt of court proceedings against Joshua Wong and three other men involved in 2019 social unrest
- Mr Justice Russell Coleman blasts ‘significant and almost wholly unexplained’ delay to start of proceedings
- Jailed political activist Wong accused of ‘doxxing’ police officer involved in shooting and breaching court order designed to ensure officer’s anonymity
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A Hong Kong judge has given prosecutors permission for contempt of court proceedings against a jailed political activist and three other men after it was alleged they breached a ban on revealing personal details of police officers.
But Mr Justice Russell Coleman on Thursday slammed the “significant and almost wholly unexplained” delay by the justice department over the start of the proceedings against Joshua Wong Chi-Fung and the other men.
Wong is alleged to have flouted a court-imposed 2019 ban on posting officers’ details online, known as doxxing.
He was accused of using his Facebook accounts to repost a thread from the LIHKG forum that contained personal details of the policeman who shot and injured a protester with his service revolver on November 11, 2019 at the height of anti-government protests.
The post, alleged to have been put up on August 15, 2020, was also said to have breached an anonymity order granted to the officer after the shot protester, Chow Pak-kwan, was prosecuted. Chow was in August convicted of three charges, including an attempt to steal the officer’s revolver, and was remanded in custody for sentence.
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