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PRO-BEIJING ATTACKERS’ CELL PHONES SHOW PREMEDITATED ATTACKS ON FALUN GONG IN
HONG KONG

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Hu Aimin and Tuo Chun Sun were convicted of criminal damage for destroying the
street stalls of Falun Gong members in April 3, 2021 on Oct. 31. Sung
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By Teresa Zhang and Summer Lawson
4/2/2023Updated: 4/4/2023
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Three Hong Kong pro-Beijing attackers appeared in court on March 28. They were
charged with two counts of criminal damage for destroying the street stalls of
Falun Gong members in Hong Kong in April 2021. The prosecution’s evidence shows
that this is a premeditated crime. 

One of the defendant’s cell phones was found to contain premeditated text
messages sent before the crime.

The case of the three defendants was heard at the Kowloon City Magistrates’
Court in Hong Kong on March 28 by Magistrate Frances Leung Nga-yan. 
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The three defendants were, Zhou Yonglin (43 years old, construction worker), Hu
Aimin (47 years old, unemployed), and Tuo Chun Sun (53 years old, unemployed).

Hu, Tuo, and Zhou were indicted for destroying Falun Gong members’ displays in
Wong Tai Sin and Mongkok on April 3, 2021, with damages totaling HK$7,000. 

The prosecution presented some SMS message screenshots, such as “If I get into
trouble, my big brother will have someone provide me with living expenses,” sent
via defendant Hu’s confiscated cell phone the night before the crime.

Hu also wrote in a WeChat message, “let’s mess up Falun Gong everywhere
tomorrow!”

The prosecution requested to submit Hu Aimin’s cell phone message screenshots as
evidence. Since those messages were sent before the incident, the prosecutors
believed the defendants had planned, organized, and later committed the crime.

Hu’s defense lawyer objected to the prosecution’s request to present the
messages as evidence in court. The defense admitted that the screenshots were
from Hu’s cell phone but argued that the text messages pre-and post the action
was irrelevant to the case.

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The magistrate concluded that the WeChat messages included mentions of Falun
Gong; hence, they were relevant to the case and approved the prosecution’s
submission request.

As for the other SMS messages, the judge denied their entry as evidence since
nothing relevant was said related to the case.

Later, the magistrate announced the case would adjourn until April 4. The three
defendants were granted bail under the original conditions.


DEFENDANT SUSPECTS CAUGHT ON CAMERA

The prosecution summoned police officer Chu from the Hong Kong West Kowloon
Crimes Unit, who was involved with the case.

Officer Chu stated that from comparing the clothes and figures, the three
defendants looked very similar to the three people on video who committed the
attack at the crime scene.

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Several videos played by the court showed that two men wearing black and white
shirts used Stanley knives to cut and damage Falun Gong practitioners’ exhibits
in Wong Tai Sin and Mong Kok. They also sprayed the displays with paint. A man
in a floral shirt was shown filming the process.

The police found clothing at the defendant’s home similar to those worn at the
crime scene; they also found knives suspected of being used to tear apart the
Falun Gong exhibits.

The court played several surveillance footage videos, revealing to the witnesses
that the three men left Nathan Road after committing the crime in Mongkok and
went into the Ocean Fish and Seafood Restaurant in Jordan for dinner together.

The witnesses identified the three defendants from the photos prosecutors
showed.


THE ATTACK

In April 2021, Falun Gong members and their street stalls in Hong Kong were
attacked many times by a group believed to belong to the Chinese Communist Party
(CCP). The police later arrested eight people. Four admitted to the crime of
criminal damage and were sentenced to eight months in prison, one person was not
prosecuted.
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The above three defendants planned to plead not guilty. However, Zhou switched
his plea at the last minute, right before court began.

A banner with the words “The Heaven Destroys the CCP and the Heaven Safeguards
the Chinese” is sprayed with black ink in Mong Kok in Hong Kong on April 2,
2021. Zhou Li/The Epoch Times


ATTACKS TARGETTING FALUN GONG IN HONG KONG

The CCP has been persecuting Falun Gong in China since 1999. Even though Hong
Kong Falun Gong members had been able to protest against the regime’s
persecution peacefully, they continued to be harassed and threatened by
pro-communist organizations.

The CCP’s disruption of Falun Gong activities in Hong Kong has been ongoing
since 2012.

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At least six other Falun Gong exhibition stalls in Hong Kong were damaged almost
a dozen times around the same time as the offenses in April 2021.


HU IS A REPEAT OFFENDER

Hu Aimin, one of the defendants, has been a frequent offender in harassing and
destroying Falun Gong stalls. In December 2020 alone, Hu targeted and destroyed
the Falun Gong outdoor exhibits five times.

He was later convicted and sentenced to two weeks imprisonment with 30 months
probation.

On October 31, 2022, the defendant Hu Aimin outside the West Kowloon
Magistrates' Court in Hong Kong. In December 2020, he repeatedly destroyed the
Falun Gong truth clarification sites and was charged with 5 counts of "criminal
damage."  Sung Pi-Lung/The Epoch Times


ATTACKS BECOME INCREASINGLY VICIOUS

In September 2019, Ms. Liu, a Falun Gong practitioner, bled heavily after CCP
thugs had beaten her after she had met with the Hong Kong police to discuss a
demonstration planned for Oct. 1, 2019, a tactic suspected of being used by the
CCP to deter the group.
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Ke Yanzhan, a 22-year-old man in charge of staking out, was sentenced to two
years and nine months in prison for “injuring people with intention” in 2022.


FALUN GONG

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a mind and body practice that follows
the universal principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance and is
rooted in 5,000 years of Chinese culture and history. Since the introduction of
the practice in 1992, Falun Gong has attracted tens of millions of adherents
worldwide with its tranquil exercises and meditation, as well as its teachings
on becoming a better person.
However, the former leader of China’s communist regime, Jiang Zemin, initiated a
campaign of persecution against Falun Gong in 1999. Since then, many Falun Gong
practitioners have fallen victim to the persecution, and the regime’s propaganda
machine has intoxicated and victimized China’s massive populace—causing many to
unconsciously become accomplices of the brutal campaign.
A message reading "End CCP" on a parade banner in Hong Kong. July 1, 2019. Sung
Pi-Lung/The Epoch Times
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Teresa Zhang is a reporter based in Hong Kong. She has written on health topics
for The Epoch Times Hong Kong since 2017, mainly focusing on Traditional Chinese
Medicine. She also reports on current affairs related Hong Kong and China.
Contact her at teresa.zhang@epochhk.com

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