Occupy Central
Occupy Central is a civil disobedience movement which began in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014. It calls on thousands of protesters to block roads and paralyse Hong Kong's financial district if the Beijing and Hong Kong governments do not agree to implement universal suffrage for the chief executive election in 2017 and the Legislative Council elections in 2020 according to "international standards." The movement was initiated by Benny Tai Yiu-ting (戴耀廷), an associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong, in January 2013.
Umbrella Movement
The Umbrella Movement (Chinese: 雨傘運動; pinyin: yǔsǎn yùndòng) is a loose political movement that was created spontaneously during the Hong Kong protests of 2014. Its name derives from the recognition of the umbrella as a symbol of defiance and resistance against the Hong Kong government, and the united grass-roots objection to the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) of 31 August.
The movement consists of individuals numbering in the tens of thousands who participated in the protests that began on 28 September 2014, although Scholarism, the Hong Kong Federation of Students, Occupy Central with Love and Peace, groups are principally driving the demands for the rescission of the NPCSC decision.
The movement consists of individuals numbering in the tens of thousands who participated in the protests that began on 28 September 2014, although Scholarism, the Hong Kong Federation of Students, Occupy Central with Love and Peace, groups are principally driving the demands for the rescission of the NPCSC decision.
POST OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 138:
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Jail for egg thrower after appeal fails
A radical pro-democracy activist who threw eggs at Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah began serving his three-week jail sentence yesterday after he failed in his appeal to quash his conviction.
Derek Chan Tak-cheung, 25, secretary general of the League of Social Democrats, sought to overturn his conviction for common assault in the Eastern Magistracy Court in November last year.
He had been out on HK$500 bail until his Court of First Instance hearing yesterday.
Justice Derek Pang Wai-cheong upheld the lower court ruling, saying Chan's egg-throwing was an actual assault and was intentional.
Chan hit Tsang's forehead with two eggs during a public forum on the budget on Java Road in North Point on December 7, 2013.
The defense said Chan's action was not intentional and that he threw the eggs after he was barred by a security guard from entering the venue.
But Pang said Chan targeted the official and the assault was intentional.
He also rejected the defense assertion that the three-week sentence was too heavy for an egg-throwing incident.
The judge said there was a potential danger in throwing eggs, as the effect on anyone who is hit would be like a slap in the face.
When eggs are thrown, there is no guarantee that no one will be injured, he added.
It is an assault as "one can get injured when hit by eggs, apart from one's shirt being stained." Pang also said Chan insisted he did not do anything wrong, "so there is an increased chance" he would commit the offense again.
Ways of expressing opinions must not involve violence, he said.
He said it was therefore necessary to impose a deterrent jail sentence and three weeks was appropriate.
Outside court, the league's vice president, Raphael Wong Ho-ming, said they will study the verdict to determine if Chan will appeal against his conviction and sentence.
He quoted Chan saying he would continue to fight for genuine universal suffrage.
Before the appeal yesterday, members of the party staged a protest, holding a banner saying "eggs in protests is civil disobedience."
League chairman and legislator "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung was at the protest to support Chan.
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