Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yuen ya sami suka daga masu fafutuka saboda tuhumar da ya yi wa masu zanga-zanga da masu fafutuka, gami da aikace-aikacen sake duba hukuncin Ma'aikatar Shari'a na masu fafutuka 16 da ke da hannu a zanga-zangar biyu na 2014. A watan Agustan 2017, shugaban jam'iyyar Demosisto Nathan Law, sakatare janar Joshua Wong da tsohon sakatare janar na kungiyar daliban Hong Kong Alex Chow sun shiga kurkuku ta Kotun daukaka kara ta Kotun Koli, shugabannin daliban da suka mamaye hedkwatar gwamnati a shekarar 2014 wanda ya haifar da mamayewar dimokiradiyya.
Ka yi haƙuri. Da farko an ba su umarnin sabis na al'umma da kuma ɗaurin kurkuku a cikin watan Agusta 2016 ta Kotun farko, amma Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta yanke shawarar bin bayan ƙarin hukunci ta hanyar neman bita. An bayar da rahoton cewa Yuen ya yi watsi da shawarwarin da manyan masu gabatar da kara suka bayar cewa gwamnati ba za ta nemi tsauraran hukunce-hukunce ba. Ya ƙi tabbatarwa ko ƙaryatãwa game da rahotanni amma ya ƙaryata game da jita-jita game da "zarce-zarcen siyasa".