Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denies using connections to sway US foreign policy as he takes stand in national security trial
Testifying for the first time on Wednesday, the detained founder of the shuttered Apple Daily newspaper recalled a meeting with former US vice president Mike Pence in 2019, about which Lai said he “would not dare” ask anything of Pence.
Mother of jailed democrat Hendrick Lui arrested after holding up a banner outside court after son’s sentencing
Esla Wu held up a banner made from eight sheets of A4 paper that read “Righteous people live, villains must die” outside the West Kowloon Law Courts Building at 10.48 am Tuesday. Within two minutes, she had been taken away in a police van.
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Jailed democrats’ plan constitutionally allowed under Basic Law, Hong Kong legal scholar says
Forty-five pro-democracy figures were jailed for up to 10 years on Tuesday over holding a primary election to help gain majority control of the legislature. The court ruled that the democrats had intended to abuse their powers to “indiscriminately veto the government budget.”
Chinese man jailed for 20 months in US over plot targeting Falun Gong
John Chen, of Los Angeles, was convicted of acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government and bribing a tax authority agent.
19-year-old Hong Kong student charged with insulting China’s anthem granted bail
A law regulating the use of China’s national anthem was enacted in 2020. It states that one must “stand solemnly” and “not behave in a way disrespectful” to the anthem when it is played.
US ‘taking steps’ to impose new visa restrictions on Hong Kong officials after 45 democracy figures jailed
US Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement on Tuesday that the US “strongly condemns” the sentences meted out in Hong Kong’s largest national security case, which ranged from four years and two months to 10 years.
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Hong Kong’s years-long court delays: Why some public figures accept them
“The government is apparently happy to continue on its present course, which will lead to continued prosecutions hitting the court sheet until about 2035, by which time the defendants will have been waiting for 16 years,” writes Tim Hamlett of continued court delays.
It’s worth a shot – but tax cuts on premium booze won’t do much for Hong Kong’s liquor trade
“I do not expect to see cohorts of mainland whisky fanciers being escorted through the streets to their next tasting of 12-year-old GlenMcMillionaire,” writes Tim Hamlett, noting that Hong Kong’s liquor tax cut will benefit only selected drinks.
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Their children were born in Hong Kong. Now they work in the city as migrant labourers to raise them
Many mainland Chinese parents whose children were born in Hong Kong have struggled to raise them in a city in which they have no right to work. An imported labour scheme has given some the opportunity to live and work alongside their offspring.
‘Homeless people are not useless:’ Street sleepers’ running club aims for Hong Kong marathon event
“Some street sleepers reach a point of giving up and they neglect their health as well,” said Ng Wai-tung, who has more than two decades of experience supporting the homeless in the Sham Shui Po district and is helping to assemble a team for a 10 kilometre race.
Fatal stabbing of schoolboy in neighbouring Shenzhen sparks unease among Japanese families in Hong Kong
After a 10-year-old was fatally stabbed in neighbouring Shenzhen, Japanese families in Hong Kong have felt an unfamiliar sense of insecurity in a city in which they have long felt safe.
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