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3. TWENTYTWO DEMONSTRATORS, OF WHOM FOUR WERE LATER FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM SOUTH VIETNAM (HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 14 TO SAIGON), WERE SUBSEQUNTLY TRIED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE ON A CHARGE OF ENTERING A RESTRICTED AREA CONTRARY TO SECTION 4(2)(B) OF THE AIRPORT REGULATIONS. ALL PLEADED GUILTY TO THAT CHARGE. WHEN SENTENCE WAS PASSED ON 2 JULY EACH OF THEM WAS BOUND OVER IN THE SUM OF HONG KONG DOLLARS 50 FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED NO CONVICTION BE RECORDED.
4. OF THE TWENTYTWO, TWO WERE ALSO CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING POLICE OFFICERS. THEY PLEADED NOT GUILTY ON THIS COUNT AND DATE OF HEARING WAS FIXED FOR SEPTEMBER.
5. ALL THE ELEVEN JOURNALISTS ALSO PLEADED GUILTY TO THE CHARGE OF ENTERING THE RESTRICTED AREA. ALL HAD CONVICTIONS RECORDED AGAINST THEM AND EACH WAS SENTENCED TO A FINE OF HONG KONG DOLLARS 200. THEY HAVE GIVEN NOTICE OF APPEAL AGAINST THE SENTENCE. NO DATE FOR
THE HEARING OF THIS APPEAL HAS YET BEEN SET.
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