Spokesperson of the Hong Kong Comprehensive Police Force

Chapter 898: Closed-door litigation begins

A week after Huo Zhaotang was successfully rescued, a round of litigation proceedings that was not open to the outside world slowly began in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong Island.

The main topic of today's lawsuit is naturally the case of Huo Zhaotang being kidnapped.

But He Weile and Wang Kun, the two gangsters, are not the protagonists of this trial.

The trial of the criminals who kidnapped Huo Zhaotang is only part of this trial.

On the other hand, Ho Wai-lok took Cheung Tak-biao and other police officers from the East Kowloon Serious Crime Unit A to court in response to his own experience.

"Ladies and gentlemen, due to the sensitivity of the case, today's series of proceedings will be conducted behind closed doors."

The chief justice, wearing a judicial wig and the presiding judge of the current lawsuit, Qu Xuanwei, slowly struck the gavel in his hand.

After a solemn opening procedure, the trial entered the formal stage.

"Mr. Wang Kun! Mr. He Weile!"

A prosecutor from the Criminal Prosecutions Division of the Department of Justice warned the defendant with sharp eyes.

"Regarding the case of your kidnapping of Mr. Huo Zhaotang, do you plead guilty?"

The key point of the current closed-door litigation process lies in the criminal act of Ho Weile and Wang Kun in kidnapping Huo Zhaotang.

As long as the two of them can be convicted, there will be basically no difficulty in resolving the subsequent case of Ho Wai-lok suing Cheung Tak-biao and other members of the East Kowloon Serious Crime Squad for abuse of lynching.

"Of course...I don't admit it!"

Although his hands were handcuffed, Wang Kun looked very arrogant.

He sneered and drew out his voice, glancing provocatively at the officers from the Kowloon East Region behind the witness stand.

During the arrest operation that night, he was not subjected to any interrogation because there were other gangsters around him.

Before Yuan Jiabao, Zhang Chongbang and others even took him out of Kwai Chung District, his lawyer had already found the Kwai Chung Police Station.

Even though he was successfully rescued in the end because of Huo Zhaotang, he was first detained in Kwai Chung Police Station and then transferred to the East Kowloon Headquarters.

But in fact, as long as Huo Zhaotang and He Weile kept silent, he was certain that the police had no evidence to directly accuse him.

As for Huo Zhaotang, his lawyer has already helped him with the matter.

As for He Weile, even if he cannot extricate himself from the legal proceedings, Wang Kun believes that he will not betray Pan and expose him.

First of all, he and He Weile are brothers with different surnames who have burned incense, worshipped Guan Erye, and sworn blood oath.

Secondly, He Weile has elderly parents and young children to take care of, unlike him who has no weaknesses.

The so-called brotherhood may no longer be reliable for these gangsters nowadays.

But He Weile's parents, wife and children are Wang Kun's best support to ensure that he will keep his mouth shut.

It's just a crime of kidnapping, and the maximum sentence is a few years in prison.

After he is released from prison, there will be plenty of ways and methods to frame He Weile's family.

What's more, even if he is in prison, he is still capable of making the thugs outside work for him.

Under such circumstances, Wang Kun can be said to be sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.

"Mr. He Weile, what about you?"

The prosecutor from the Department of Justice frowned slightly and turned his gaze to He Weile who was standing beside him.

"According to the recording submitted by the police, you personally confessed the specific location where Mr. Huo Zhaotang was imprisoned in the early hours of last Sunday."

"How do you explain this?"

The prosecutor represented the prosecution side of the Hong Kong government's judicial system. Naturally, he had read very detailed case information before filing the lawsuit.

In the files handed over by the Kowloon East Region of the police force, there is indeed no direct evidence to accuse Wang Kun. But it is different for Ho Weile. The place where Huo Zhaotang was imprisoned combined with the recording of his confession can form very favorable evidence.

"I thought it was a coincidence. I just said it casually. Who knew that President Huo was really there?"

Compared to Wang Kun's arrogance, He Weile's expression was very calm.

"Maybe he was playing some kind of hide-and-seek game and hid himself inside, and I just happened to guess it!"

However, his nonsense words clearly showed his attitude.

Confess? That's impossible.

Ho Wai Lok had no idea whether he could extricate himself from the proceedings, but he knew his brother's character.

Since Wang Kun next door is so confident, it means he must have an ace in his hand.

Of course he couldn't panic before the situation became clear.

Not only that, he even wanted to bite back at the police force's East Kowloon Headquarters.

"Mr. Prosecutor, since you mentioned the recording."

Meeting the prosecutor's gaze without flinching, He Weile sneered and said, "Then you should know."

"Without relevant video footage and a proper evidence collection environment, the recording is completely invalid evidence."

Having said that, he turned and looked at the presiding judge, Qu Xuanwei, who was sitting in the center of the courtroom.

"Your Honor, my casual remark at the time was just a coincidence, but it was the police officers from the East Kowloon Crime Squad who forced me to speak."

"I would like to ask your Honor, the jury and the audience members present here."

"Police officers tortured and abused lynching. Do I have the right to sue them?"

His controversial remarks seemed as if he was the victim.

"Boom!"

The presiding judge, Ou Xuanwei, raised his hand and slammed the gavel. He said solemnly, "Defendant, please calm down!"

"The case of lynching by members of the Kowloon East Regional Crime Squad of the police force is a follow-up litigation procedure."

"Now, you just need to answer the questions about Mr. Huo Zhaotang's kidnapping!"

To a large extent, the key point of today's series of legal proceedings lies in that recording.

If they want to completely convict He Weile and Wang Kun, there must be no problems with the recordings that Zhang Debiao and others carry with them.

After all, the court will certainly investigate the evidence presented to it.

If anything is done with the recording, this entire chain of evidence will be completely invalidated.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Debiao and his brothers have now entered the litigation process.

Otherwise, as long as this recording does not appear, the police force can handle the matter on its own.

The police force intends to save their own brothers. The Department of Justice will not bring a lawsuit on this matter, and the court will not care about this aspect at all.

Even if Ho Weile and Wang Kun's lawyers file a complaint, they can ultimately only file a complaint with the internal investigation department of the police force in Tai Kwun.

There is even a high probability that the relevant lawyer's complaint letter will be directly stopped at the East Kowloon headquarters.

Without the permission of the police force and the Department of Justice, the complaint letter from the two gangsters would be rejected even if it reached the Hong Kong Island Court.

However, the recording happened to be a piece of evidence accusing Ho Wai-lok of kidnapping Ho Siu-tang, so the Hong Kong Court had no choice but to deal with Zhang Debiao and other police officers impartially.

(End of this chapter)