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What Makes HK’s Court System Unique? (2019)
Do you know that judges from other common law jurisdictions have been sitting in Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal? This unique arrangement of having non-permanent judges hearing cases in the highest appellate court is provided for under the Basic Law. The continuation of the common law system is firmly entrenched under the Basic Law, which also guarantees judicial independence in Hong Kong. The city is ranked No.1 in Asia and No.8 globally for judicial independence, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2018.
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published: 28 Mar 2019
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47 Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists to Appear in Court Under Security Law
47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are expected to appear at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court after being detained by police on Sunday on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the sweeping national security law. The former lawmakers and democracy advocates had been previously arrested in January but were released. They have been detained again for allegedly violating the new national security law that was imposed by Beijing, for participating in unofficial election primaries for the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s legislature last year.
Of the 55 opposition figures initially arrested in January, 47 were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion on Sunday. The former lawmakers and activists were being detained pending a court appearance Monday, the police said in a s...
published: 01 Mar 2021
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Magistracies in Colonial Hong Kong
Seminar Series: Greater China Legal History
Organized by: CUHK LAW
Date: 29 October 2021
Speaker: Dr. Christopher C. Munn, Honorary Institute Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, HKU
According to one early observer, magistrates in colonial Hong Kong ‘came more in contact with the mass of the people in the administration of law and justice than all the other officers of the Crown put together.’ The Magistracy was both dispenser of justice and instrument of control in a rapidly expanding and often unruly city. Thousands of ordinary men and women – in some years the equivalent of over 10% of the population – were taken before the magistrates for a wide variety of crimes and offences. Many, unable to pay their fines, ended up in prison.
Focusing mainly on the...
published: 25 Nov 2021
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Hong Kong Arrests: British Consulate Official Blasts China and H.K. Authorities
47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are expected to appear at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court after being detained by police on Sunday on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the sweeping national security law. The former lawmakers and democracy advocates had been previously arrested in January but were released. They have been detained again for allegedly violating the new national security law that was imposed by Beijing, for participating in unofficial election primaries for the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s legislature last year.
“The Chinese and Hong Kong authorities promised that the national security law would be used in a very narrow sense and it’s clear that that is no longer the case.” Jonathan Williams, Head of Political and Communications at the British ...
published: 01 Mar 2021
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Chairman of Hong Kong's leading journalist group gets jail term for obstructing police officer
(25 Sep 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hong Kong - 25 September 2023
1. Hong Kong Journalists Association Chairman, Ronson Chan, walking out of West Kowloon Magistrates' Court
2. Chan talking to media
3. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Ronson Chan, Hong Kong Journalists Association Chairman:
“I can just say that everyone can see what is the rule of law, and today everyone will see how the court handles this case. I think, everyone has their own way of judgement. So, that’s as much as I can say.”
4. Wide of Chan talking
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ronson Chan, Hong Kong Journalists Association Chairman
“It’s difficult to say, I cannot say it is zero effect on the people’s image about Hong Kong’s freedom of press. I think that the international media will cover this story, and it...
published: 30 Sep 2023
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Landmark trial of Hong Kong 47 gets under way amid tight security
The national security trial of dozens of people — from former pro-democracy legislators to activists and legal scholars — has begun in Hong Kong more than two years after they were arrested in pre-dawn police raids across the territory.
The defendants are accused of “subversion” for organising an unofficial primary to choose their candidates for the 2020 Legislative Council election that the government later postponed blaming the coronavirus pandemic.
There was a heavy police presence, including officers with dogs, outside the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts building ahead of the proceedings.
Al Jazeera’s Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong
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published: 06 Feb 2023
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Hong Kong activists face jail after guilty plea
Pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow arrived at West Kowloon magistrates courts to face charges related to illegal assembly stemming from a protest last year in Hong Kong. The trial was scheduled to begin on Monday, but after pleading guilty they were taken away ahead of a sentencing hearing on Wednesday next week. The trio of high-profile pro-democracy activists and former politicians, were facing multiple charges over an unauthorised protest outside police headquarters in June last year, and inciting others to take part. They face a penalty of up to five years in prison
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published: 23 Nov 2020
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HK democracy activists at court for illegal assembly
(15 Oct 2020) More than two dozen pro-democracy activists appeared at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong on Thursday as hearings resumed for cases of participating in unlawful assembly.
They are accused of offences related to this year's annual candlelight vigil in memory of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing.
The defendants include some of the best-known democracy advocates in Hong Kong, including businessman Jimmy Lai and activist Joshua Wong.
The annual candlelight vigil has been a local institution for decades, but this year was the first time police did not give formal permission for it to proceed, citing COVID-19 concerns.
The activists went ahead with the vigil anyway, and police did not prevent thousands of people from attending it. The event passed peaceful...
published: 20 Oct 2020
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Former leader of Hong Kong returns to court
Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's misconduct hearing has been adjourned for five weeks.
Tsang appeared at the Eastern Magistrate's Courts for the second time on Friday for a preliminary hearing. His lawyer requested the next hearing to be fixed for Dec 18 as the legal team needs more time to deal with the prosecution's documentation.
The Representative of the Department of Justice dropped two people from the list of witnesses while bringing in four new ones - enlarging the group of witnesses to 26 people.
Accompanied by wife Selina Tsang Pou Siu-mei, Tsang did not speak in court and refused to answer questions from reporters waiting outside.
Tsang was charged with two counts of misconduct in public office on 5 Oct, 2015 by the Independent Commission Against Co...
published: 13 Nov 2015
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26 appear in Hong Kong court over Tiananmen vigil
(15 Sep 2020) More than two dozen pro-democracy activists appeared in court in Hong Kong on Tuesday over attending a banned Tiananmen Square vigil on 4 June.
Chanting in defiance, twenty-six people went into West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts accused of offences related to this year's annual candlelight vigil in memory of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing.
The defendants include some of the best-known democracy advocates in Hong Kong, including businessman Jimmy Lai, activist Joshua Wong, and former legislators Albert Ho and Yeung Sum.
Thirteen members of the group were already charged with inciting an unlawful assembly for the June 4th vigil, and on Tuesday Hong Kong authorities have broadened the group with more charges of taking part in an unlawful assembly.
The annual candlligh...
published: 20 Sep 2020
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What Makes HK’s Court System Unique? (2019)
Do you know that judges from other common law jurisdictions have been sitting in Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal? This unique arrangement of having non-perman...
Do you know that judges from other common law jurisdictions have been sitting in Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal? This unique arrangement of having non-permanent judges hearing cases in the highest appellate court is provided for under the Basic Law. The continuation of the common law system is firmly entrenched under the Basic Law, which also guarantees judicial independence in Hong Kong. The city is ranked No.1 in Asia and No.8 globally for judicial independence, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2018.
Read more: https://www.legalhub.gov.hk/eng/index.html
#hongkong #brandhongkong #asiasworldcity #legalhub #securehk #courtsystem
https://wn.com/What_Makes_Hk’S_Court_System_Unique_(2019)
Do you know that judges from other common law jurisdictions have been sitting in Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal? This unique arrangement of having non-permanent judges hearing cases in the highest appellate court is provided for under the Basic Law. The continuation of the common law system is firmly entrenched under the Basic Law, which also guarantees judicial independence in Hong Kong. The city is ranked No.1 in Asia and No.8 globally for judicial independence, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2018.
Read more: https://www.legalhub.gov.hk/eng/index.html
#hongkong #brandhongkong #asiasworldcity #legalhub #securehk #courtsystem
- published: 28 Mar 2019
- views: 4405
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47 Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists to Appear in Court Under Security Law
47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are expected to appear at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court after being detained by police on Sunday on charges of conspi...
47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are expected to appear at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court after being detained by police on Sunday on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the sweeping national security law. The former lawmakers and democracy advocates had been previously arrested in January but were released. They have been detained again for allegedly violating the new national security law that was imposed by Beijing, for participating in unofficial election primaries for the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s legislature last year.
Of the 55 opposition figures initially arrested in January, 47 were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion on Sunday. The former lawmakers and activists were being detained pending a court appearance Monday, the police said in a statement. Some had been asked to report to the police’s national security branch on Sunday, more than a month earlier than scheduled.
The group were arrested in January on suspicion of subversion for their roles in helping organize a primary for Legislative Council elections initially scheduled for last September. It drew more than 600,000 voters.
It’s the first charge under the national security law for Joshua Wong -- who testified before the U.S. Congress last year. He is serving a sentence of more than a year handed down in December for a separate charge related to a protest in 2019; this is the first time he’s been charged under the national security law.
Others charged on Sunday include veteran activist Leung Kwok Hung, former lawmaker Alvin Yeung, and the ex-convener of Civil Human Rights Front, Jimmy Sham, according to their respective Facebook pages.
The police didn’t charge American lawyer John Clancey, who was involved in the primary and was among those picked up in January, he told reporters after having his bail extended Sunday. He said he has to report to the police again in early May.
Police allege the primary, as well as plans to use a provision in the city’s mini-constitution to vote down the budget and force the Hong Kong chief executive’s resignation, were part of an illegal attempt to paralyze the city’s government. The election was eventually postponed by a full year, with the government citing the coronavirus.
Beijing is tightening control over the Asian financial center after a historic wave of democracy protests gripped Hong Kong for months in 2019. The national security law carries sentences as long as life in prison depending on the severity of the offense.
While almost 100 people have been arrested under the new law, prosecutors had previously only brought charges against 10 of them. The most prominent is media mogul Jimmy Lai, who has been denied bail and is awaiting trial on charges that he colluded with foreign powers to impose sanctions or engage in hostile activities against Hong Kong or China.
The National People’s Congress, China’s legislature, will begin its annual session on Friday in Beijing. Reforms to Hong Kong’s electoral system giving Beijing more control could come at this year’s event, according to Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam.
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47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are expected to appear at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court after being detained by police on Sunday on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the sweeping national security law. The former lawmakers and democracy advocates had been previously arrested in January but were released. They have been detained again for allegedly violating the new national security law that was imposed by Beijing, for participating in unofficial election primaries for the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s legislature last year.
Of the 55 opposition figures initially arrested in January, 47 were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion on Sunday. The former lawmakers and activists were being detained pending a court appearance Monday, the police said in a statement. Some had been asked to report to the police’s national security branch on Sunday, more than a month earlier than scheduled.
The group were arrested in January on suspicion of subversion for their roles in helping organize a primary for Legislative Council elections initially scheduled for last September. It drew more than 600,000 voters.
It’s the first charge under the national security law for Joshua Wong -- who testified before the U.S. Congress last year. He is serving a sentence of more than a year handed down in December for a separate charge related to a protest in 2019; this is the first time he’s been charged under the national security law.
Others charged on Sunday include veteran activist Leung Kwok Hung, former lawmaker Alvin Yeung, and the ex-convener of Civil Human Rights Front, Jimmy Sham, according to their respective Facebook pages.
The police didn’t charge American lawyer John Clancey, who was involved in the primary and was among those picked up in January, he told reporters after having his bail extended Sunday. He said he has to report to the police again in early May.
Police allege the primary, as well as plans to use a provision in the city’s mini-constitution to vote down the budget and force the Hong Kong chief executive’s resignation, were part of an illegal attempt to paralyze the city’s government. The election was eventually postponed by a full year, with the government citing the coronavirus.
Beijing is tightening control over the Asian financial center after a historic wave of democracy protests gripped Hong Kong for months in 2019. The national security law carries sentences as long as life in prison depending on the severity of the offense.
While almost 100 people have been arrested under the new law, prosecutors had previously only brought charges against 10 of them. The most prominent is media mogul Jimmy Lai, who has been denied bail and is awaiting trial on charges that he colluded with foreign powers to impose sanctions or engage in hostile activities against Hong Kong or China.
The National People’s Congress, China’s legislature, will begin its annual session on Friday in Beijing. Reforms to Hong Kong’s electoral system giving Beijing more control could come at this year’s event, according to Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam.
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- published: 01 Mar 2021
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Magistracies in Colonial Hong Kong
Seminar Series: Greater China Legal History
Organized by: CUHK LAW
Date: 29 October 2021
Speaker: Dr. Christopher C. Munn, Honorary Institute Fellow, Hong Ko...
Seminar Series: Greater China Legal History
Organized by: CUHK LAW
Date: 29 October 2021
Speaker: Dr. Christopher C. Munn, Honorary Institute Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, HKU
According to one early observer, magistrates in colonial Hong Kong ‘came more in contact with the mass of the people in the administration of law and justice than all the other officers of the Crown put together.’ The Magistracy was both dispenser of justice and instrument of control in a rapidly expanding and often unruly city. Thousands of ordinary men and women – in some years the equivalent of over 10% of the population – were taken before the magistrates for a wide variety of crimes and offences. Many, unable to pay their fines, ended up in prison.
Focusing mainly on the period 1841-1941, and on the Central Magistracy (now part of the Tai Kwun complex), this seminar will discuss the important role of the Magistracy in administering justice, maintaining order, and protecting revenue in colonial Hong Kong. It will examine its place in the judicial system and wider political economy. It will trace the development of some of the laws enforced by magistrates, their impact, and the controversies surrounding them. It will also explore the careers and reputations of some key magistrates. A final section will outline the expansion and development of magistrates’ courts in the decades after World War II.
https://wn.com/Magistracies_In_Colonial_Hong_Kong
Seminar Series: Greater China Legal History
Organized by: CUHK LAW
Date: 29 October 2021
Speaker: Dr. Christopher C. Munn, Honorary Institute Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, HKU
According to one early observer, magistrates in colonial Hong Kong ‘came more in contact with the mass of the people in the administration of law and justice than all the other officers of the Crown put together.’ The Magistracy was both dispenser of justice and instrument of control in a rapidly expanding and often unruly city. Thousands of ordinary men and women – in some years the equivalent of over 10% of the population – were taken before the magistrates for a wide variety of crimes and offences. Many, unable to pay their fines, ended up in prison.
Focusing mainly on the period 1841-1941, and on the Central Magistracy (now part of the Tai Kwun complex), this seminar will discuss the important role of the Magistracy in administering justice, maintaining order, and protecting revenue in colonial Hong Kong. It will examine its place in the judicial system and wider political economy. It will trace the development of some of the laws enforced by magistrates, their impact, and the controversies surrounding them. It will also explore the careers and reputations of some key magistrates. A final section will outline the expansion and development of magistrates’ courts in the decades after World War II.
- published: 25 Nov 2021
- views: 243
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Hong Kong Arrests: British Consulate Official Blasts China and H.K. Authorities
47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are expected to appear at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court after being detained by police on Sunday on charges of conspi...
47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are expected to appear at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court after being detained by police on Sunday on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the sweeping national security law. The former lawmakers and democracy advocates had been previously arrested in January but were released. They have been detained again for allegedly violating the new national security law that was imposed by Beijing, for participating in unofficial election primaries for the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s legislature last year.
“The Chinese and Hong Kong authorities promised that the national security law would be used in a very narrow sense and it’s clear that that is no longer the case.” Jonathan Williams, Head of Political and Communications at the British Consulate-General in Hong Kong, said outside the court while responding to whether the case affects the U.K.'s BN(O) visa policy for Hong Kong people looking to settle in the U.K.
Of the 55 opposition figures initially arrested in January, 47 were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion on Sunday. The former lawmakers and activists were being detained pending a court appearance Monday, the police said in a statement. Some had been asked to report to the police’s national security branch on Sunday, more than a month earlier than scheduled.
The group were arrested in January on suspicion of subversion for their roles in helping organize a primary for Legislative Council elections initially scheduled for last September. It drew more than 600,000 voters.
It’s the first charge under the national security law for Joshua Wong -- who testified before the U.S. Congress last year. He is serving a sentence of more than a year handed down in December for a separate charge related to a protest in 2019; this is the first time he’s been charged under the national security law.
Others charged on Sunday include veteran activist Leung Kwok Hung, former lawmaker Alvin Yeung, and the ex-convener of Civil Human Rights Front, Jimmy Sham, according to their respective Facebook pages.
The police didn’t charge American lawyer John Clancey, who was involved in the primary and was among those picked up in January, he told reporters after having his bail extended Sunday. He said he has to report to the police again in early May.
Police allege the primary, as well as plans to use a provision in the city’s mini-constitution to vote down the budget and force the Hong Kong chief executive’s resignation, were part of an illegal attempt to paralyze the city’s government. The election was eventually postponed by a full year, with the government citing the coronavirus.
Beijing is tightening control over the Asian financial center after a historic wave of democracy protests gripped Hong Kong for months in 2019. The national security law carries sentences as long as life in prison depending on the severity of the offense.
While almost 100 people have been arrested under the new law, prosecutors had previously only brought charges against 10 of them. The most prominent is media mogul Jimmy Lai, who has been denied bail and is awaiting trial on charges that he colluded with foreign powers to impose sanctions or engage in hostile activities against Hong Kong or China.
The National People’s Congress, China’s legislature, will begin its annual session on Friday in Beijing. Reforms to Hong Kong’s electoral system giving Beijing more control could come at this year’s event, according to Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam.
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https://wn.com/Hong_Kong_Arrests_British_Consulate_Official_Blasts_China_And_H.K._Authorities
47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are expected to appear at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court after being detained by police on Sunday on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the sweeping national security law. The former lawmakers and democracy advocates had been previously arrested in January but were released. They have been detained again for allegedly violating the new national security law that was imposed by Beijing, for participating in unofficial election primaries for the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s legislature last year.
“The Chinese and Hong Kong authorities promised that the national security law would be used in a very narrow sense and it’s clear that that is no longer the case.” Jonathan Williams, Head of Political and Communications at the British Consulate-General in Hong Kong, said outside the court while responding to whether the case affects the U.K.'s BN(O) visa policy for Hong Kong people looking to settle in the U.K.
Of the 55 opposition figures initially arrested in January, 47 were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion on Sunday. The former lawmakers and activists were being detained pending a court appearance Monday, the police said in a statement. Some had been asked to report to the police’s national security branch on Sunday, more than a month earlier than scheduled.
The group were arrested in January on suspicion of subversion for their roles in helping organize a primary for Legislative Council elections initially scheduled for last September. It drew more than 600,000 voters.
It’s the first charge under the national security law for Joshua Wong -- who testified before the U.S. Congress last year. He is serving a sentence of more than a year handed down in December for a separate charge related to a protest in 2019; this is the first time he’s been charged under the national security law.
Others charged on Sunday include veteran activist Leung Kwok Hung, former lawmaker Alvin Yeung, and the ex-convener of Civil Human Rights Front, Jimmy Sham, according to their respective Facebook pages.
The police didn’t charge American lawyer John Clancey, who was involved in the primary and was among those picked up in January, he told reporters after having his bail extended Sunday. He said he has to report to the police again in early May.
Police allege the primary, as well as plans to use a provision in the city’s mini-constitution to vote down the budget and force the Hong Kong chief executive’s resignation, were part of an illegal attempt to paralyze the city’s government. The election was eventually postponed by a full year, with the government citing the coronavirus.
Beijing is tightening control over the Asian financial center after a historic wave of democracy protests gripped Hong Kong for months in 2019. The national security law carries sentences as long as life in prison depending on the severity of the offense.
While almost 100 people have been arrested under the new law, prosecutors had previously only brought charges against 10 of them. The most prominent is media mogul Jimmy Lai, who has been denied bail and is awaiting trial on charges that he colluded with foreign powers to impose sanctions or engage in hostile activities against Hong Kong or China.
The National People’s Congress, China’s legislature, will begin its annual session on Friday in Beijing. Reforms to Hong Kong’s electoral system giving Beijing more control could come at this year’s event, according to Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam.
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Chairman of Hong Kong's leading journalist group gets jail term for obstructing police officer
(25 Sep 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hong Kong - 25 September 2023
1. Hong Kong Journalists Association Chairman, Ronson Chan, walking ou...
(25 Sep 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hong Kong - 25 September 2023
1. Hong Kong Journalists Association Chairman, Ronson Chan, walking out of West Kowloon Magistrates' Court
2. Chan talking to media
3. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Ronson Chan, Hong Kong Journalists Association Chairman:
“I can just say that everyone can see what is the rule of law, and today everyone will see how the court handles this case. I think, everyone has their own way of judgement. So, that’s as much as I can say.”
4. Wide of Chan talking
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ronson Chan, Hong Kong Journalists Association Chairman
“It’s difficult to say, I cannot say it is zero effect on the people’s image about Hong Kong’s freedom of press. I think that the international media will cover this story, and it must have some effect on the image of Hong Kong. But I hope that every journalist of us, still have to stand firm for our job, for our duty, and we are still trying to cover the truth and the news story, for Hong Kong and the world.”
6. Chan walking away
7. Various exteriors of court
STORYLINE:
The chairman of Hong Kong’s leading journalist group received a five-day jail term after he was found guilty of obstructing a police officer on Monday, in a case that sparked concerns about the city's declining press freedom.
Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association and a journalist of online news outlet Channel C, was arrested last September (2022) while he was on his way to a reporting assignment.
He was accused of refusing to show the plainclothes officer his identity card upon request.
Chan's arrest fuelled concerns about the erosion of media freedom in Hong Kong after Beijing imposed a national security law to crush dissent following the city's massive pro-democracy protests in 2019.
The former British colony was promised it would keep its Western-style civil liberties for 50 years when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
Magistrate Leung Ka-kie on Monday ruled that Chan had deliberately obstructed the officer from carrying out her duty and failed to take out his identity card in a timely manner.
He kept asking the officer questions “recklessly,” she said.
Leung sentenced him to five days in prison but later granted him bail pending an appeal.
Speaking to reporters after the hearing, Chan said his case could affect Hong Kong's image but he hoped every journalist would “stand firm” in their jobs.
"We are still trying to cover the truth and the news story, for Hong Kong and the world," he said.
In the crackdown following the 2019 protests, two vocal media outlets - Apple Daily and Stand News - have been forced to shut down and some of their top managers have been prosecuted.
Two former top editors at Stand News, where Chan used to work, were tried for sedition.
A verdict is scheduled for November.
Pro-Beijing media outlets have attacked Chan and the Hong Kong Journalists Association, calling the professional group an anti-China political tool in their reports.
Hong Kong, once seen as a bastion of media freedom in Asia, ranked 140th out of 180 countries and territories in Reporters Without Borders’ latest World Press Freedom Index.
The organisation said the city saw an “unprecedented setback” since 2020, when the security law was imposed.
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(25 Sep 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hong Kong - 25 September 2023
1. Hong Kong Journalists Association Chairman, Ronson Chan, walking out of West Kowloon Magistrates' Court
2. Chan talking to media
3. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Ronson Chan, Hong Kong Journalists Association Chairman:
“I can just say that everyone can see what is the rule of law, and today everyone will see how the court handles this case. I think, everyone has their own way of judgement. So, that’s as much as I can say.”
4. Wide of Chan talking
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ronson Chan, Hong Kong Journalists Association Chairman
“It’s difficult to say, I cannot say it is zero effect on the people’s image about Hong Kong’s freedom of press. I think that the international media will cover this story, and it must have some effect on the image of Hong Kong. But I hope that every journalist of us, still have to stand firm for our job, for our duty, and we are still trying to cover the truth and the news story, for Hong Kong and the world.”
6. Chan walking away
7. Various exteriors of court
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The chairman of Hong Kong’s leading journalist group received a five-day jail term after he was found guilty of obstructing a police officer on Monday, in a case that sparked concerns about the city's declining press freedom.
Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association and a journalist of online news outlet Channel C, was arrested last September (2022) while he was on his way to a reporting assignment.
He was accused of refusing to show the plainclothes officer his identity card upon request.
Chan's arrest fuelled concerns about the erosion of media freedom in Hong Kong after Beijing imposed a national security law to crush dissent following the city's massive pro-democracy protests in 2019.
The former British colony was promised it would keep its Western-style civil liberties for 50 years when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
Magistrate Leung Ka-kie on Monday ruled that Chan had deliberately obstructed the officer from carrying out her duty and failed to take out his identity card in a timely manner.
He kept asking the officer questions “recklessly,” she said.
Leung sentenced him to five days in prison but later granted him bail pending an appeal.
Speaking to reporters after the hearing, Chan said his case could affect Hong Kong's image but he hoped every journalist would “stand firm” in their jobs.
"We are still trying to cover the truth and the news story, for Hong Kong and the world," he said.
In the crackdown following the 2019 protests, two vocal media outlets - Apple Daily and Stand News - have been forced to shut down and some of their top managers have been prosecuted.
Two former top editors at Stand News, where Chan used to work, were tried for sedition.
A verdict is scheduled for November.
Pro-Beijing media outlets have attacked Chan and the Hong Kong Journalists Association, calling the professional group an anti-China political tool in their reports.
Hong Kong, once seen as a bastion of media freedom in Asia, ranked 140th out of 180 countries and territories in Reporters Without Borders’ latest World Press Freedom Index.
The organisation said the city saw an “unprecedented setback” since 2020, when the security law was imposed.
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Landmark trial of Hong Kong 47 gets under way amid tight security
The national security trial of dozens of people — from former pro-democracy legislators to activists and legal scholars — has begun in Hong Kong more than two y...
The national security trial of dozens of people — from former pro-democracy legislators to activists and legal scholars — has begun in Hong Kong more than two years after they were arrested in pre-dawn police raids across the territory.
The defendants are accused of “subversion” for organising an unofficial primary to choose their candidates for the 2020 Legislative Council election that the government later postponed blaming the coronavirus pandemic.
There was a heavy police presence, including officers with dogs, outside the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts building ahead of the proceedings.
Al Jazeera’s Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong
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The national security trial of dozens of people — from former pro-democracy legislators to activists and legal scholars — has begun in Hong Kong more than two years after they were arrested in pre-dawn police raids across the territory.
The defendants are accused of “subversion” for organising an unofficial primary to choose their candidates for the 2020 Legislative Council election that the government later postponed blaming the coronavirus pandemic.
There was a heavy police presence, including officers with dogs, outside the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts building ahead of the proceedings.
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0:56
Hong Kong activists face jail after guilty plea
Pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow arrived at West Kowloon magistrates courts to face charges related to illegal assembly stemming fro...
Pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow arrived at West Kowloon magistrates courts to face charges related to illegal assembly stemming from a protest last year in Hong Kong. The trial was scheduled to begin on Monday, but after pleading guilty they were taken away ahead of a sentencing hearing on Wednesday next week. The trio of high-profile pro-democracy activists and former politicians, were facing multiple charges over an unauthorised protest outside police headquarters in June last year, and inciting others to take part. They face a penalty of up to five years in prison
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Pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow arrived at West Kowloon magistrates courts to face charges related to illegal assembly stemming from a protest last year in Hong Kong. The trial was scheduled to begin on Monday, but after pleading guilty they were taken away ahead of a sentencing hearing on Wednesday next week. The trio of high-profile pro-democracy activists and former politicians, were facing multiple charges over an unauthorised protest outside police headquarters in June last year, and inciting others to take part. They face a penalty of up to five years in prison
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1:25
HK democracy activists at court for illegal assembly
(15 Oct 2020) More than two dozen pro-democracy activists appeared at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong on Thursday as hearings resumed for cases of...
(15 Oct 2020) More than two dozen pro-democracy activists appeared at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong on Thursday as hearings resumed for cases of participating in unlawful assembly.
They are accused of offences related to this year's annual candlelight vigil in memory of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing.
The defendants include some of the best-known democracy advocates in Hong Kong, including businessman Jimmy Lai and activist Joshua Wong.
The annual candlelight vigil has been a local institution for decades, but this year was the first time police did not give formal permission for it to proceed, citing COVID-19 concerns.
The activists went ahead with the vigil anyway, and police did not prevent thousands of people from attending it. The event passed peacefully.
"The Hong Kong Alliance will be persistent in our right to mourn June 4th and we will continue even under the National Security Law next year to light a candle inside Victoria Park to condemn the massacre and mourn June 4th," said activist Lee Cheuk Yan.
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(15 Oct 2020) More than two dozen pro-democracy activists appeared at West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong on Thursday as hearings resumed for cases of participating in unlawful assembly.
They are accused of offences related to this year's annual candlelight vigil in memory of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing.
The defendants include some of the best-known democracy advocates in Hong Kong, including businessman Jimmy Lai and activist Joshua Wong.
The annual candlelight vigil has been a local institution for decades, but this year was the first time police did not give formal permission for it to proceed, citing COVID-19 concerns.
The activists went ahead with the vigil anyway, and police did not prevent thousands of people from attending it. The event passed peacefully.
"The Hong Kong Alliance will be persistent in our right to mourn June 4th and we will continue even under the National Security Law next year to light a candle inside Victoria Park to condemn the massacre and mourn June 4th," said activist Lee Cheuk Yan.
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Former leader of Hong Kong returns to court
Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's misconduct hearing has been adjourned for five weeks.
Tsang appeared at the Eastern Magistrate's Co...
Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's misconduct hearing has been adjourned for five weeks.
Tsang appeared at the Eastern Magistrate's Courts for the second time on Friday for a preliminary hearing. His lawyer requested the next hearing to be fixed for Dec 18 as the legal team needs more time to deal with the prosecution's documentation.
The Representative of the Department of Justice dropped two people from the list of witnesses while bringing in four new ones - enlarging the group of witnesses to 26 people.
Accompanied by wife Selina Tsang Pou Siu-mei, Tsang did not speak in court and refused to answer questions from reporters waiting outside.
Tsang was charged with two counts of misconduct in public office on 5 Oct, 2015 by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
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Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's misconduct hearing has been adjourned for five weeks.
Tsang appeared at the Eastern Magistrate's Courts for the second time on Friday for a preliminary hearing. His lawyer requested the next hearing to be fixed for Dec 18 as the legal team needs more time to deal with the prosecution's documentation.
The Representative of the Department of Justice dropped two people from the list of witnesses while bringing in four new ones - enlarging the group of witnesses to 26 people.
Accompanied by wife Selina Tsang Pou Siu-mei, Tsang did not speak in court and refused to answer questions from reporters waiting outside.
Tsang was charged with two counts of misconduct in public office on 5 Oct, 2015 by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
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2:38
26 appear in Hong Kong court over Tiananmen vigil
(15 Sep 2020) More than two dozen pro-democracy activists appeared in court in Hong Kong on Tuesday over attending a banned Tiananmen Square vigil on 4 June.
C...
(15 Sep 2020) More than two dozen pro-democracy activists appeared in court in Hong Kong on Tuesday over attending a banned Tiananmen Square vigil on 4 June.
Chanting in defiance, twenty-six people went into West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts accused of offences related to this year's annual candlelight vigil in memory of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing.
The defendants include some of the best-known democracy advocates in Hong Kong, including businessman Jimmy Lai, activist Joshua Wong, and former legislators Albert Ho and Yeung Sum.
Thirteen members of the group were already charged with inciting an unlawful assembly for the June 4th vigil, and on Tuesday Hong Kong authorities have broadened the group with more charges of taking part in an unlawful assembly.
The annual candllight vigil has been an institution in Hong Kong for decades, but this year was the first time that Hong Kong police did not give formal permission for it to go ahead, citing COVID-19 concerns.
The activists went ahead with the vigil anyway, and police did not prevent thousands of people from attending it. The event passed off peacefully.
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(15 Sep 2020) More than two dozen pro-democracy activists appeared in court in Hong Kong on Tuesday over attending a banned Tiananmen Square vigil on 4 June.
Chanting in defiance, twenty-six people went into West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts accused of offences related to this year's annual candlelight vigil in memory of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing.
The defendants include some of the best-known democracy advocates in Hong Kong, including businessman Jimmy Lai, activist Joshua Wong, and former legislators Albert Ho and Yeung Sum.
Thirteen members of the group were already charged with inciting an unlawful assembly for the June 4th vigil, and on Tuesday Hong Kong authorities have broadened the group with more charges of taking part in an unlawful assembly.
The annual candllight vigil has been an institution in Hong Kong for decades, but this year was the first time that Hong Kong police did not give formal permission for it to go ahead, citing COVID-19 concerns.
The activists went ahead with the vigil anyway, and police did not prevent thousands of people from attending it. The event passed off peacefully.
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- published: 20 Sep 2020
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