1991-01-21 10:13 SECURITY BRANCH
852 868 5074 P.04
March last year,
The undisputed facts are that in February and
the defendants at different tires and
on different days took part in a sit-in to demonstrate
against what they perceived to be the undemocratic
political model envisaged in the draft Basic Law.
Loudhailers (described as a loudspeaker in the
informations) were used in the delivery of short
speeches and the playing of music to boost the morale of
the participants. Donation boxes were used to collect
funds for their
for their campaign literature. Police warnings
against the use of loudhailers and collection donations were ignored.
(1)
The appeal is divided into three parts:
Against Conviction, on the grounds
that
of
(II)
(1)
there was no evidence of actual
nuisance; and that
(2)
the defendants acted with lawful
excuse.
Abuse of the Court's Process, by
reason of
the police having refrained from
prosecuting
under
(17) or sub-section
period of time.
either sub-section
(29) for a long
(III) Appeal Against Sentence, on the ground
that