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Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has told his national security trial it was “crazy” to think that China’s Communist Party could be overthrown. Jimmy Lai being transferred onto a Correctional Services vehicle on February 1, 2021. File photo: Studio Incendo. Lai, 76, also said on Thursday Hong Kong protesters could only win international […]
By Isabel Kua and Oliver Hotham Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun has been placed under investigation for corruption, a report said Wednesday, the latest official to fall in a sweeping crackdown on graft in the country’s military. Chinas Defence Minister Dong Jun delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 11th Xiangshan Forum at […]
Hong Kong police have arrested 46 people allegedly involved in an illegal money lending scheme, in which they posed as phone retailers and offered loans to domestic workers with annual interest rates as high as 400 per cent. Migrant domestic workers on their day off in Hong Kong, on November 11, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. […]
US lawmakers urged the government Monday to rethink banking ties with Hong Kong, citing its “increasing role” in money laundering, sanctions evasions and reported funneling of banned technology to Russia. A view of the Hong Kong skyline, on August 4, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the semi-autonomous […]
Jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai has denied that he instructed staff of his now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper to urge the West to impose sanctions on Hong Kong, his national security trial has heard. Jimmy Lai being transferred onto a Correctional Services vehicle on February 1, 2021. File photo: Studio Incendo. The 76-year-old tycoon continued to […]
Hong Kong national security cases will be barred from being heard remotely under a bill to introduce court proceedings with real-time remote communication link-ups. Gazetted by the government on Friday, the Courts (Remote Hearing) Bill will also exclude criminal trials and juvenile court proceedings from remote hearings. The first reading of the bill at the […]
Hong Kong’s largest national security case came to a close on Tuesday as 45 prominent pro-democracy advocates were jailed for up to 10 years over taking part in a conspiracy to commit subversion. The offence centred on an unofficial primary election held in July 2020 that aimed to help them win a controlling majority in […]
Civil servants are to get a new set of guidelines next year, according to Secretary for Security Chris Tang, which will show them how to safeguard national security in their daily duties. Hong Kong civil servants. File photo: GovHK. Announcing this interesting project in the Legislative Council, Tang said the exercise would “change the mentality […]
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has testified at his national security trial that urging other countries to speak up for the city’s pro-democracy movement does not amount to seeking foreign interference. Jimmy Lai. File photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. The 76-year-old, who wore a green sweater and a suit jacket, stands accused of two counts of taking […]
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 […]