A former bus technician has been jailed for a year under Hong Kong’s domestic national security law for publishing derogatory comments on social media, including depicting police officers as “rogue cops” and the city as an “international hub of false imprisonment”. Li Chun-kit, 36, on Thursday pleaded guilty at West Kowloon Court to one count…
A Hong Kong court has dismissed an appeal by the head of a now-dissolved pro-independence political party, ruling that minimum sentences apply to all conspiracy offences under the national security law even when the penalty is not explicitly provided. The Court of Appeal on Tuesday handed down a judgment that rejected Joseph John’s request to…
A Hong Kong court has dismissed an appeal by the head of a now-dissolved pro-independence political party, ruling that minimum sentences apply to all conspiracy offences under the national security law even when the penalty is not explicitly provided. The Court of Appeal on Tuesday handed down a judgment that rejected Joseph John’s request to…
A British member of parliament has been denied entry to Hong Kong, in what she has called the first incident of its kind since 1997. Wera Hobhouse, the MP for Bath and a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), which has been critical of Beijing’s handling of human rights issues, said she was…
A British member of parliament has been denied entry to Hong Kong, in what she has called the first incident of its kind since 1997. Wera Hobhouse, the MP for Bath and a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), which has been critical of Beijing’s handling of human rights issues, said she was…
A Hong Kong government spokesperson has warned external parties not to intervene in the ongoing trial of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, a day after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said getting the former media tycoon out of prison was a “priority”. The spokesperson said on Thursday evening that any countries, organisations or people trying to…
A Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong’s national security has dismissed calls from foreign groups to pardon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, questioning the need to do so as the former media boss is not “a certain president’s son”. Sun Qingye, deputy director of Beijing’s Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong, also warned on Friday against…
A Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong’s national security has dismissed calls from foreign groups to pardon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, questioning the need to do so as the former media boss is not “a certain president’s son”. Sun Qingye, deputy director of Beijing’s Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong, also warned on Friday against…
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has admitted trying to win a court’s permission for him to travel to the United States five years ago by withholding “politically sensitive” information about his plan to meet the nation’s vice-president. Lai, 77, made the remarks on Wednesday when his legal team re-examined their client’s evidence…
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has said he believes the Communist Party of China can remain in power if it ends its “tyrannical” rule, while dismissing prosecutors’ suggestion that he welcomes Western “dismemberment” of the country. Lai also told his national security trial on Monday he did not consider China a member…