Seven police officers were suspected of punching and kicking social worker Zeng Jianchao in the dark corner of Tamar Park on June 5, 20 14. Later, Zeng Jianchao was also suspected of being beaten again after being brought back to the police station, but was accidentally photographed by reporters during the beating in the "dark corner". One year after the incident, the Ministry of Justice charged seven policemen suspected of being involved in the case, and the trial began in June last year. After several postponements, the case will be decided in the local court on Valentine's Day 20 17.

After the incident,

At the time of the incident, there was an umbrella movement. There was a clash between the police and the people on Longhe Road that night. During the conflict, Zeng Jianchao once sprayed the police officers with smelly liquid from a height in a flower pot in the occupied area, and was immediately subdued by the police officers present. Later that evening, the reporter photographed several men wearing vests printed with police officers, carried a man in black to the substation and punched and kicked him.

This is the key for the media to shoot newsreels.

The key points of the case include the news film shot by the media that day and the testimony of the victim Zeng Jianchao. The trial began last June. From the beginning, it took nearly a month to conduct the "case in case" procedure to demonstrate whether the news short film is suitable for court. The judge finally ruled that all the news clips involved could be used as evidence in court. After completing this procedure, the case was postponed to 10.

Testimony of Zeng Jianchao

As for the main witness in this case, Zeng Jianchao, he was arrested earlier on suspicion of getting wet with a police officer, charged with assaulting a police officer and convicted after trial. When he testified in this case, his integrity was also questioned by defense lawyers. In his testimony, he admitted that he was the one who drenched the police that night, but he was also the victim who was taken away and beaten that night as seen in the clip.

Questions raised by the defense

The seven policemen did not appear in court to defend themselves, but the defense lawyers representing them questioned the prosecution's evidence, including the credibility of Zeng Jianchao's testimony and his motive for committing crimes; The defendant questioned whether Zeng's injuries were caused by his arrest, but failed to recognize all the defendants. Some lawyers even pointed out that the man shot in the news film may not be Zeng Jianchao at all.

Overview of control scheme

In the final statement, the prosecution pointed out that Zeng Jianchao's injuries did not seem to be caused when he was arrested, and reiterated that Zeng Jianchao was taken to a substation and beaten by seven defendants that night. The man who was attacked in the film was Zeng Jianchao.

The seven defendants face two charges.

The seven defendants were (48 years old), Chief Inspector of Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (commonly known as O-Records), Liu (29 years old), Detective Sergeant Bai Rongbin (42 years old), Police Constable Liu Xingpei (38 years old) and Detective Constable Chen of Kowloon East Region (365,438+0 years old).

All seven people denied a crime of intentionally causing serious bodily harm to others, while Chen Ye denied another crime of ordinary injury. The charge is that seven people beat Zeng Jianchao at Longhui Road in Jinzhong on 20 14 10 15. Among them, Chen also participated in the beating of Zeng Jianchao in interrogation room 7 of Central Police Station that day.