On 11th January 2006, the 14 people who had been charged and detained by the Hong Kong authorities for the demonstration on 17th December against the WTO Ministerial undertook a mention at Kwuntong Court, Hong Kong. Out of the 14, 11 people (1 Japanese, 1 Chinese, 1 Taiwanese and 8 Koreans) had their charges dropped for lack of evidence, and 3 Koreans (Yang Kyung Gyu, Park In Hwan and Yoon Il Gwon) were charged with either ‘unauthorized assembly (Yang)’ or ‘unlawful assembly (Park & Yoon)’. Furthermore, the 3 people have been allowed bail and had their passports returned, so all 14 will now be able to go back home.

Thank you to those who have made it to our ARENA/National Association of Professors for Democratic Society (NAPDS) Roundtable Discussion on:

on the 13th December 2005 in Hong Kong, in the event of the WTO-MC6 mobilization, amidst all the tensions and street confrontations that began on the same day in downtown Hong Kong.