26 Dec 2020HKFP#1113
Hong Kong ‘speedboat fugitives’ to face trial in China next week
Families of 10 of the 12 HK youths detained in HK are notified of close-door video hearing on 28 Dec.
Families of 10 of the 12 Hong Kong youths detained in Hong Kong are notified of a closed-door video hearing on 28 December.
25 Dec 2020立場新聞#1109
【12 Hong Kong people sent to China】Families notified by court-appointed lawyers; Yantian Court trial to begin on 12.28
部分家屬接獲官派律師電話通知,案件將於3天後(12月28日)在深圳鹽田法院開審。
Some family members received telephone notifications from court-appointed lawyers that the cases would be heard three days later, on 28 December, at Shenzhen’s Yantian Court.
24 Dec 2020立場新聞#1107
Court blasted for granting Jimmy Lai bail; Wen Wei Po and Ta Kung Pao: It violates legal principles and undermines the rule of law, seeks to create the biggest escape case? Leung Chun-ying: Judge wrong again
《文匯報》、《大公報》及梁振英發文批評法院批准黎智英保釋的決定。
Wen Wei Po, Ta Kung Pao and Leung Chun-ying published articles criticising the court’s decision to grant Jimmy Lai bail.
23 Dec 2020立場新聞#1104
National Security Law-designated judge Lee Yun-tang approves bail for Jimmy Lai
高等法院《國安法》指定法官批准黎智英保釋。黎需付 1000 萬元保釋金以及人事擔保 30 萬元,保釋期間除到警署報到或上庭應訊外不可離開住所,亦不准接受訪問、使用社交媒體。
High Court judge Lee Yun-tang, designated under the National Security Law, approved bail for Jimmy Lai. Lai must pay HK$10 million in bail and provide a HK$300,000 personal surety. During the bail period, he may not leave his residence except to report to a police station or attend court, and he is not allowed to give interviews or use social media.
23 Dec 2020HKFP#1105
Hong Kong court grants bail to media mogul Jimmy Lai, facing foreign collusion and fraud charges
Apple Daily owner Jimmy Lai is granted bail by NSL-designated judge on the condition of paying HK$10 mil. & surrendering passport. He is banned from meeting foreign officials, accepting media interviews, posting on social media and leaving his residence except when attending hearings & reporting to police 3 times a week.
Apple Daily owner Jimmy Lai is granted bail by an NSL-designated judge on condition that he pays HK$10 million and surrenders his passport. He is barred from meeting foreign officials, accepting media interviews, posting on social media and leaving his residence except to attend hearings and report to police three times a week.
22 Dec 2020立場新聞#1099
Tsang Chi-kin, Shot in Tsuen Wan on October 1, Absent from Trial Today; Says US Consulate Refused to Help
去年10月1日近距離中槍、一度命危的曾志健,其後被控兩項襲警及一項暴動罪。他透過在英港人組織發聲明,指他與另外數名示威者正在流亡。
Tsang Chi-kin, who was shot at close range on October 1 last year and was once in critical condition, was later charged with two counts of assaulting police and one count of rioting. He issued a statement through a UK-based Hong Kong organisation, saying that he and several other protesters were in exile.
22 Dec 2020HKFP#1103
Democrat Lam Cheuk-ting banned from leaving Hong Kong while on bail as prosecution cites Ted Hui case
Ex-legislator Lam Cheuk-ting is ordered to surrender his passport for the 721 rioting case as prosecutor claims he might abscond.
Former legislator Lam Cheuk-ting is ordered to surrender his passport in the 721 rioting case after the prosecutor claims he might abscond.
21 Dec 2020明報#1091
HKJA says police obstructed media reporting, loses judicial review bid
香港記者協會早前就警方未能配合、甚至妨礙傳媒採訪,入稟高等法院申請司法覆核。高院法官裁定記協敗訴。
The Hong Kong Journalists Association earlier applied to the High Court for a judicial review, alleging that police had failed to cooperate with, and had even obstructed, media reporting. A High Court judge ruled against the association.
21 Dec 2020立場新聞#1092
Court of Final Appeal Rules Anti-Mask Law Constitutional; Judgment’s Claim That “Protesters Extorted Money from Drivers” Questioned After Taiwan FactCheck Center Debunked Video Alleging They “Forced Payment of Tolls”
終審法院裁定香港政府使用《緊急法》訂立《禁蒙面法》合憲,《禁蒙面法》內容亦無違憲。然而判詞中對示威者破壞治安的證據陳述,被質疑來自「假新聞」。
The Court of Final Appeal ruled that the Hong Kong government’s use of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to enact the Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation was constitutional, and that the regulation itself did not contravene the Basic Law. However, the judgment’s account of evidence that protesters had undermined public order was questioned as having originated from “fake news”.
21 Dec 2020HKFP#1096
Hong Kong court rejects journalist association’s legal challenge over police ‘ill-treatment’ of press at protests
HKJA's judicial review against HKPF's improper treatment of press is rejected by court.
The court rejected the Hong Kong Journalists Association’s judicial review application concerning the Hong Kong Police Force’s improper treatment of the press.
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