Errors Delay Firm's Claim Against Occupy Leaders

A cross-border coach services company on Wednesday filed a law suit against nine Occupy leaders, claiming the movement in 2014 had caused losses to its business, but the case was adjourned after the Small Claims Tribunal found that the company’s claim form is full of mistakes.

Wai Chun Strategic Investment is seeking a total of HK$45,000 from the Occupy leaders, saying the protests that blocked main thoroughfares for 79 days had led to disruption to its business.

But the claim form it filed was found to have some errors. For example, the Democratic Party’s office address was wrongly stated as one of the defendants, Tommy Cheung’s postal address.

There was also an error in the Chinese name of Eason Chung, another defendant. The address for him was also wrong as the company had given that of the Chinese University students union instead.

The tribunal told the company to re-submit its documents, and then it will hold another hearing on September 24.

Four of the nine Occupy leaders, Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man, Shiu Ka-chun and Raphael Wong, are in prison for public nuisance charges, while Cheung, Chung, Tanya Chan, Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, and Lee Wing-tat were given non-custodial sentences.