A domestic helper has won a HK$180,000 sexual harassment claim against her former Hong Kong employer, a single man who repeatedly asked her for sex despite her refusals. The District Court on Friday ruled that Lam Yui-sang, 63, had created a “hostile and threatening” workplace for Indonesian helper Sri Wahyuni, who started her employment with…
Jury selection to begin in Salman Rushdie attack trial Jury selection to begin in Salman Rushdie attack trial 00:47 MAYVILLE, N.Y. – Salman Rushdie took the witness stand Tuesday in the attempted murder trial against his accused attacker, Hadi Matar. Rushdie described in graphic detail the injuries that nearly took his life in the 2022 attack,…
Trial of Salman Rushdie’s accused attacker gets underway – CBS News Watch CBS News The criminal trial of the man accused of attempting to murder author Salman Rushdie began with prosecutors saying Hadi Matar was on a mission when he rushed to attack Rushdie, stabbing him multiple times in 2022. Nikki Battiste reports on the…
The ex-husband of slain model Abby Choi Tin-fung was told to flee Hong Kong under the guise of holding a junk party in the middle of the sea, before being picked up by another boat, prosecutors revealed in a hearing for two suspects accused of helping him. Prosecutors also shared video recordings on Monday that…
The ex-husband of slain model Abby Choi Tin-fung was told to flee Hong Kong under the guise of holding a junk party in the middle of the sea, before being picked up by another boat, prosecutors revealed in a hearing for two suspects accused of helping him. Prosecutors also shared video recordings on Monday that…
Former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying returns to West Kowloon Court in Hong Kong on Monday to testify for a fourth week in his high-profile trial, answering questions over his state of mind after the enactment of the Beijing-decreed national security law on June 30, 2020. The 77-year-old has spent 12 days in the witness…
National security cases, criminal trials and Juvenile Court proceedings will be excluded from remote hearings in Hong Kong, under a bill entering the legislative process next month. The Courts (Remote Hearing) Bill, gazetted by the government on Friday, will also introduce new offences under which those who record, publish or broadcast proceedings without authorisation will…
Imprisoned Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has started giving evidence in his national security trial, and is being taken through his international connections in minute detail as he fights the charge of colluding with foreign forces. Mr Lai has been in jail for nearly four years and this trial started almost a year ago,…
Hong Kong’s Beijing-controlled government has sentenced 45 pro-democracy figures to prison for their participation in a 2020 unofficial primary election, further stifling political freedoms in the once-autonomous city. The individuals, who include some of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy advocates, were handed sentences ranging from four to 10 years for “conspiracy to commit subversion.” The…
A Malaysian ex-university professor in Hong Kong accused of murdering his wife and daughter has rejected prosecutors’ claims that an animal experiment he was carrying out with carbon monoxide was merely a ruse to obtain the deadly gas that killed them nine years ago via a yoga ball. Anesthesiologist Khaw Kim Sun, 60, made the…