5 men were suddenly charged with participating in the PolyU riot. The trial will start next year. It took 6 years from the incident to the trial.

In 2019, a large-scale conflict broke out at the Polytechnic University. Nearly five years later, the police arrested five men and charged them with rioting. The case will go to trial on May 4 next year, and the prosecution revealed that there are a total of 240 witnesses involved in the case.