Criminal charges against a 12-year-old who admitted spraying protest-related graffiti at a police station and railway interchange were dismissed by a Hong Kong court on Thursday, preserving the boy’s clean record.
Boy, 12, is youngest to be convicted over Hong Kong protestsAt West Kowloon court, Magistrate Pang Leung-ting ordered the removal of the charges against the child – a power granted to the Juvenile Court under section 15 of the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance – because of his good background and the less serious nature of the offences. The ruling means the boy avoids having a criminal record.
The 12-year-old was brought to court after a police officer in plain clothing saw him at 7.30pm on October 3 in a mask spraying “damn rogue cops” with black point on the wall of Mong Kok Police Station, alongside an obscenity about force families. When he was intercepted and taken back to his home, a police search found a bottle of black paint and clothing, which officers seized.
Mass arrests of Hong Kong protesters ‘could radicalise’ peaceful marchersShe urged Pang for leniency, saying painting graffiti was less serious than similar acts of criminal damage.
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