Chairwoman of Central and Western District Council Cheng Lai-king has been arrested in March this year for reposting police officer's information on her Facebook. Chairwoman of Central and Western District Council Cheng Lai-king, who had pleaded guilty to contempt of court, has been sentenced to 28 days' imprisonment, suspended for a year at the High Court today. Martin Lee Chu-ming, the barrister representing Cheng, said in mitigation that Cheng could have possibly forgotten about the injunction due to her busy work as District Councilor. Lee said Cheng, after being reminded by reporters and friends about the injunction, has immediately deleted her social media post. Cheng has been arrested in March this year, where her case has been linked to a widely-shared Facebook post purportedly containing information about the police officer responsible for firing a projectile into the face of an Indonesian journalist during protests last October.

Source: The Standard October 19, 2020 06:33 UTC