Ex-Occupy leader Lester Shum to plead guilty at Occupy protest trial to show ‘responsibility’

Former student leader Lester Shum says he hopes to show responsibility by pleading guilty to a criminal contempt of court charge relating to the 2014 clearance of Mong Kok’s pro-democracy Occupy protest site. Shum, formerly the deputy secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, is among 11 people who plan to plead guilty. In October 2014, a minibus company successfully applied … Continue reading Ex-Occupy leader Lester Shum to plead guilty at Occupy protest trial to show ‘responsibility’