Another case of HK court abuses of " Human right to protest" for protecting HK banks

Losing investors told to stop beating gongs outside bank by HK court in abuse of Human right of protest. For Minibonds saga, many old people died of heart failure due to misselling of Minibonds products and the cover up of banks' crimes by HK government.

A court yesterday ordered two unhappy investors, who protested against their financial losses by throwing "hell money" and loudly hitting gongs outside a bank, to stop the noise and behave.

The Court of First Instance granted an interim injunction to Chong Hing Bank after it successfully argued that the acts of Lau Pik-Wan and Mak Wai-sing were illegal and a nuisance.

The noise made by the hitting of the gongs was so loud that it hurt the ears of bank staff. A bank officer measured it at 142 decibels with an iPhone application that warned: "Terrible. Don't stay there."

The court heard that Lau, who was paid HK$500,000 under a settlement agreement for her HK$1 million investment in structured products, several times threw "hell money", hit gongs and worshipped her dead husband at the bank branches in Central and Mong Kok in March. The judge ordered Lau and Mak, who was absent, to halt their unlawful protest within 50 metres of the bank's branches. He said their acts damaged the bank's reputation, and the two should pursue their claims through regular channels.

The two lost money as a result of the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

Lawyers for the bank said its employees also suffered financial losses because a customer who had wanted to deposit HK$1 million was scared away when he saw the "hell money" and thought that inauspicious.

In her emotional appeal to Mr Justice Jeremy Poon Shiu-chor, Lau fell to her knees and said: "Please give me a place to vent my emotion and rally support from the public.

"My husband [deceased] kept asking me to fight for the money," she said, wailing. "He asked me to jump off the building if I cannot get the money back.

"You impose a death penalty on me if I'm not allowed to claim the money - it was earned by the blood and sweat of my husband."

The judge responded: "Please stand up. I can't take [your kneeling down]."

He added: "You did not commit murder. I can't impose a death penalty."

At one point, the woman seemingly fainted and paramedics were called, but she didn't need treatment.