Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has denied testing the limits of the national security law by allowing the publication of “dangerous” commentaries in the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, adding he will not take responsibility for every perceived mistake his tabloid’s contributors make. Prosecutors on Tuesday argued the 77-year-old tabloid founder knowingly endorsed…
Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has maintained he had reasonable grounds to predict the demise of Hong Kong’s rule of law and status as an international financial hub under the national security legislation, while rejecting prosecutors’ claims he stirred up fear among residents over Beijing’s tightened grip on the city. The founder of the…
Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has maintained he had reasonable grounds to predict Hong Kong would lose its rule of law and status as an international financial hub under the national security legislation, while rejecting prosecutors’ claims he stirred up fear among residents over Beijing’s tightened grip on the city. The founder of the…
The European Union has voiced concerns over what it sees as a diminishing space for civil society in Hong Kong after a once-powerful opposition party announced it might disband, with France also warning over the need for checks and balances. The representatives weighed in on Saturday, two days after the leadership of the Democratic Party,…
The European Union has voiced concerns over what it sees as a diminishing space for civil society in Hong Kong after a once-powerful opposition party announced it might disband, with France also warning over the need for checks and balances. The representatives weighed in on Saturday, two days after the leadership of the Democratic Party,…
Two Hong Kong judges hearing an appeal by the head of a now-dissolved pro-independence political party have questioned his lawyer’s argument that the national security law cannot be used for sentencing some conspiracy offences. Joseph John, 42, appeared before three Court of Appeal judges in the High Court on Friday to challenge his five-year jail…
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, once a powerful opposition force in the city’s political landscape, will ask its members whether the group should dissolve after its leadership backed the idea and set up a task force to handle the legal steps involved. Chairman Lo Kin-hei said on Thursday the task force, to be led by him,…
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, once the largest force in the city’s opposition camp, will decide whether to disband “very soon”, the Post has learned. The party will hold a press conference at 11.30am on Wednesday to discuss its suggestions for the government’s latest budget to be announced later this month, and the leadership is expected…
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, once the largest force in the city’s opposition camp, will decide whether to disband “very soon”, the Post has learned. The party will hold a press conference at 11.30am on Wednesday to discuss its suggestions for the government’s latest budget to be announced later this month, and the leadership is expected…
Some Hongkongers in the United States are at risk of deportation if President Donald Trump scraps the special protection extended to them by previous American leader Joe Biden. Amid Trump’s high-profile crackdown on immigration, some experts said the future of the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) programme for Hongkongers was uncertain as his administration had already…