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…
A Hong Kong court has scheduled a hearing in mid-July for 14 jailed opposition activists who have lodged appeals against their convictions and sentences in a landmark national security case over an unofficial legislative “primary” election. The judiciary’s website on Sunday said the Court of Appeal’s hearing would start on July 14 and last for…
Former Hong Kong lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting and two other opposition activists jailed in the city’s biggest national security trial have lodged appeals against their convictions and sentences, bringing the total of such applications to eight. The High Court on Thursday released a document showing the appeals were lodged the day before by Lam, activist Gordon…
Four Hong Kong opposition figures who were jailed for more than six years after being found guilty of subversion in the city’s biggest national security trial have become the first batch to appeal against their convictions and sentences. Activist Owen Chow Ka-shing, former Democratic Party lawmaker Helena Wong Pik-wan, former district councillor Clarisse Yeung Suet-ying…
The central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong has voiced its “firm support” for the jailing of 45 opposition figures for trying to overthrow the government and has condemned the US and other countries for “attacks” against the city’s judicial system. The comments came two days after a court sentenced the opposition figures for conspiring…