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The judgment states that, at approximately 01:20 to 01:35 on 15 August 2019, two sergeants together with police officers were patrolling outside Yuen Long Police Station without incident, and at about 01:58, when a senior inspector and a detective inspector left the main gate and crossed Castle Peak Road, they observed the defendant emerge from an indent in a metal gate outside the police station, appearing nervous. When officers subsequently stopped the defendant, they discovered that both the clothing worn by him and those in his backpack emitted a strong smell of thinner. At the scene, a search revealed torn newspaper pieces, plastic bottles and caps, two lighters and residual liquid with a thinner odour in a bottle among the bushes and at the roadside. In the video-recorded caution interview, the defendant admitted that he had previously purchased newspaper and thinner, poured the thinner into a plastic bottle containing fragments of newspaper, and placed it outside the metal gate with the purpose of intimidating the police officers stationed at the police station so as to induce the police to act with restraint towards demonstrators, claiming that he had no intention to ignite it or cause actual harm.
The court, referring to similar intimidation and arson cases, established a sentencing benchmark of 10 weeks’ imprisonment; considering that the defendant pleaded guilty at the last moment before trial, a one-fifth discount was applied.
Although the defendant did not carry a lighter and denied any real intention to ignite, he used a combustible solvent to manufacture an intimidation device, which was sufficient to exert psychological pressure on law enforcement officers’ safety. It was necessary to punish and admonish him to uphold the rule of law and public order.
The court emphasised that any conduct using intimidation to resolve issues is unacceptable, especially when targeting police officers performing their duties. It must be deterred by immediate imprisonment.
The defendant was sentenced to 8 weeks’ imprisonment. (Translated from Chinese to English by AI)
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