A former food delivery worker who filed the first legal challenge against Hong Kong’s domestic national security law has lost his appeal against the decision by the Correctional Services Department (CSD) to deny him early release. The High Court handed down the judgment on Friday, rejecting Adam Ma Chun-man’s appeal that he was subjected to…
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…
Hong Kong’s main opposition party has re-elected chairman Lo Kin-hei, who has said it is undecided on whether to run in next year’s Legislative Council election. The Democratic Party’s Lo said on Sunday some members faced ongoing harassment from unknown people, while he voiced worries over the party’s dwindling funds. But he pledged that the…
The Chinese foreign ministry’s arm in Hong Kong has hit out at a US travel advisory for the city over “slander” related to the national security law, urging Washington to revise its message to avoid hurting ties with the financial hub. The Commissioner’s Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong voiced its strong opposition…
The Chinese foreign ministry’s arm in Hong Kong has hit out at a US travel advisory for the city over “slander” related to the national security law, urging Washington to revise its message to avoid hurting ties with the financial hub. The Commissioner’s Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong voiced its strong opposition…
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…
Beijing has sharply rebuked the West over its condemnation of the jailing of former Hong Kong legal academic Benny Tai Yiu-ting and other opposition activists for subversion, slamming foreign powers for applying “hypocritical double standards” and painting the criminals as advocates for democracy. The State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) said in…
The sentences handed down to former opposition activists in Hong Kong’s landmark national security case on Tuesday were proportionate, neither too lenient nor overly harsh, given the court’s decision that the plot they hatched undermined national security and was tantamount to wanting to overthrow the government, some legal experts have said. The experts contacted by…
Washington has vowed to impose fresh visa restrictions on multiple Hong Kong officials responsible for implementation of the national security law in response to the “harsh sentences” a court handed to 45 opposition activists convicted for subversion. The retaliation from the United States on Tuesday came after the 45 were jailed for four to 10…