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The trial of eight people who were allegedly involved in three bomb plots in early 2020 has begun, with seven of them facing the same charge that saw a man sentenced to almost 24 years in prison days ago. High Court. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The defendants – Ho Cheuk-wai, Lee Ka-pan, Ng Tsz-lok, Cheung […]
Detained media mogul Jimmy Lai wanted to “explain” the thinking behind protesters’ storming of the legislature in 2019 through his newspaper Apple Daily to ensure the movement’s survival, the tycoon’s national security trial has heard. Lai, whose defence questioning expected to take 15 days, took the stand for the second day on Thursday. Under defence […]
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai took the stand for the first time in his national security trial on Wednesday, testifying that he had never tried to influence overseas governments’ foreign policy on Hong Kong or China. Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai. File photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. The 76-year-old founder of the shuttered Apple Daily […]
A line of at least 60 people had formed on Monday outside a Hong Kong courthouse where 45 pro-democracy advocates are set to face sentencing in a landmark national security trial the following day. On Monday evening, the Judiciary announced the number of seats that would be available in the public gallery of the main […]
Hong Kong’s Department of Justice (DoJ) may seek longer sentences in a bomb plot case which was the first to be brought in the city under a United Nations anti-terrorism law, a government spokesperson said, after the “mastermind” was sentenced to almost 24 years. Photo: May James/HKFP. The DoJ will study the reasons for sentencing […]
Well well. Government spokespersons of various kinds have been commenting defensively on the slow-motion prosecutions which have left two thirds of the people arrested during the 2019 disorders still awaiting trial. I would not dare to attribute this to my nagging on the subject, but it seems there is some unease behind the scenes. As […]
No one should attempt to interfere with ongoing legal proceedings in Hong Kong, the city’s justice minister has said in response to US president-elect Donald Trump’s earlier pledge to secure the release of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam meets the press at the Rule of Law for the Future, the […]
Four Hong Kong men, including 19-year-old twins, have been sentenced to up to three years in prison for rioting in 2019 during the extradition bill unrest, after the judge cut their sentences because of the long delay in bringing them to justice. A large group of protesters gather near the government headquarters on July 1, […]
Burglary cases in Hong Kong have begun to decline following targeted air and ground operations over the summer, with associated losses in the first nine months of this year down 48 per cent year on year, the police chief has said. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee on Saturday also reiterated the need to engage […]
Hong Kong’s new social work licensing body has suspended 11 social workers of their qualifications for up to three years, including eight with convictions related to the protests in 2019. Social Workers Registration Board. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. According to the Social Workers Registration Board’s notices published in the South China Morning Post and Sing […]