connection with the violent protests on 17 December. Following the release of 188 people the day before, Police this afternoon released 839 Korean men and 105 people of assorted nationality. 22 December 2005 Korean government officers and Taiwanese government officers expressed concerns over the outcome of the court decision pertaining their 14 men subject to charges, that they obtained while breaking the law in Hong Kong. They threatened that further "actions" would be followed up if the men were not released or sentenced harshly. It was also said that an unfavourable court decision may jeopardize the political life of the Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, since the political reform bills were voted down in the Legislative Council. 2006 On 9 January 2006, the 11 Korean protesters previously arrested, along with 300 other people including 3 Korean National Assembly members, protested to demand their immediate release. On 11 January 2006, charges on 11 protesters were dropped. The Korean protesters Park In Hwan (朴仁煥) and Yun Il Kwon (尹一權) are still being charged with unlawful assembly while Yang Kyung Kyu (梁暻圭) had his charged changed to unauthorized assembly. They pleaded not guilty and were bailed for HK$30000 each. On 13 January 2006, the 11 charged Koreans fled back to Korea. They apologized to businesses in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay for the disruptions during the conference. A few Hong Kongers went to the airport to farewell them. On 6 February 2006, in the pretrial review, the prosecutors did not prepare adequately. They changed the evidence at the last minute from police videotapes to television footage. As a result, another pretrial review was held on 17 February. On 7 February 2006, the police reported that they fired 6 beanbags, 34 cans of teargas and 738 cans of pepper spray. 518 police members used sticks to beat up the protesters. They admitted they arrested too many people and did not employ enough interpreters. Of the 910 people arrested, only 202 were allowed to meet with a lawyer. On 15 February 2006, Yang Kyung Kyu had the charge against him dropped because of insufficient evidence. On 2 March 2006, the trial began after pretrial reviews on 6 and 17 February, and lasted for almost a month. The magistrate was Andrew Ma (馬漢璋). The evidence, as changed days ago, was a footage from Cable TV. The prosecution called between 10 and 23 witnesses. The accused