A banker accused of indecently assaulting a female subordinate has been acquitted after a Hong Kong magistrate expressed doubts about the woman’s testimony and questioned her agenda of pursuing legal action “at all costs”. Magistrate Minnie Wat Lai-man said on Tuesday that the court should give defendant Alan Lai King-lun, 54, the benefit of the…
A three-year-old girl who was allegedly murdered by her father was loved by his family but that still could not have saved her from being abused by him, her mother told a Hong Kong court on Tuesday, describing the accused as a “dangerous man”. Helen Leung said she and her daughter’s father, Lau Kai-ping, had…
HONG KONG — Geopolitical drama is heating up over the marathon national security trial of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s new administration weighed in publicly for the first time and the city’s government fired back. Lai, the founder of defunct pro-democracy media outlet Apple Daily, on Monday spent…
LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – State senators the capitol Tuesday heard testimony on a bill aimed at getting rid of distractions in schools. Sen. Rita Sanders of Bellevue proposed LB140. It would require schools to have a policy restricting students from using cell phones or other electronic communication devices while on school property or at school…
Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying returns to the witness box in Hong Kong on Tuesday to explain his communications with associates and friends after the Beijing-imposed national security law came into effect on June 30, 2020, as his testimony enters its fourth week. The 77-year-old has pleaded not guilty to two charges of conspiring…