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Top Hong Kong court backs gov’t use of colonial-era emergency law to ban face masks at demos
The Court of Final Appeal rules that the Hong Kong government’s use of the emergency law to enact an anti-mask regulation is legal and proportionate.
CFA rules HK gov's use of emergency law to enact anti-mask regulation to be legal & proportionate.
Chinese authorities officially prosecute ten of the 12 Hong Kong fugitives
Ten of the 12 Hong Kong youths have been formally prosecuted, while a closed-door hearing will be held for the other two, who are under 18.
10 out of the 12 HK youths are officially prosecuted, whereas a close-door hearing will be held for the other 2 under 18.
【送中 116 日】10 港人被正式起訴 兩未成年將「不公開聽證」
The Yantian District People’s Procuratorate in Shenzhen announced that it had formally initiated public prosecutions against 10 of them on suspicion of the offences of organising others to illegally cross the border and illegally crossing the border. The two minors will undergo non-public hearings.
深圳市鹽田區檢察院宣布正式以涉嫌「組織他人偷越邊境罪」及「偷越邊境罪」，向其中 10 人提出公訴，其中兩名未成年人則會進行「不公開聽證」。
社總許麗明阻差辦公罪不成立 官：警自己跌倒 供詞與片有關鍵分別 被告態度合作
Lai Ming (1968) Hui, secretary-general of the Social Workers' General Union, was found not guilty of obstructing a police officer in the execution of duty.
社工總工會總幹事許麗明被裁定阻差辦公罪名不成立。
Hong Kong social worker cleared of obstructing police during 2019 demo
Social worker Hui Lai-ming was acquitted of deliberately obstructing police on 29 September 2019, with the magistrate ruling that the police witness was “unreliable”.
Social worker Hui Lai-ming is acquitted of deliberately obstructing police on 29 Sep 2019, with the magistrate ruling the police witness "unreliable".
Hong Kong magistrate accused of bias against protesters cleared of wrongdoing after judiciary probe
Complaints against magistrate Cheang Kei-hong, who once described the attacker of “Long Hair” in court as “appearing to love society”, are dismissed. Chief Magistrate So Wai-tak concludes that Cheang did not express any views that could give rise to a perception of bias.
Complaints against magistrate Cheang Kei-hong, who once described in court the attacker of "Long Hair" as "appearing to love society", are cleared. Chief Magistrate So Wai-tak concludes that Cheang did not express any views that could give rise to perception of bias.
黎智英遭加控違國安法提堂 被指 7.1 至 12.1 期間請求外國制裁中港
Jimmy Lai appeared in court in connection with a case in which he was charged with colluding with foreign forces. The case was handled by national security law designated judge Esther Toh, who rejected Lai’s bail application. At the prosecution’s request, he was remanded until 16 April 2021 for a further hearing.
黎智英被控「勾結外國勢力」案件提堂，由國安法指定法官蘇惠德處理，他拒絕了黎智英的保釋申請，應控方要求押至 2021年4 月 16 日再訊。
12 港人家屬再收「家書」要求找律師代承認在港控罪 官派律師來電問在港案情
The case of the 12 Hong Kongers was previously transferred by mainland authorities to the procuratorate for review and prosecution. Some families said this afternoon that they had recently received another “family letter”, asking them to contact the person’s Hong Kong representative lawyer and have the lawyer admit in court on the person’s behalf to the offences committed in Hong Kong. Some families had also recently received calls from mainland-appointed lawyers, who claimed that the 12 Hong Kongers’ case was not serious, again asked the families to handle the matter discreetly, and warned them not to disclose the names of the mainland-appointed lawyers, or contact with the families might be severed.
12 港人案早前已被內地當局移送檢察院審查起訴，部分港人家屬今午透露，近日再收到「家書」，但信中要求家屬聯繫其香港代表律師，代他向法庭承認在香港干犯罪行；另亦有家屬近日接獲內地官派律師電話，對方聲稱 12 港人案件性質不嚴重，再次要求家屬低調處理事件，又要脅家屬不要向外透露官派律師的姓名，否則可能斷絕與家屬聯繫。
【國安惡法以言入罪】加控黎智英勾結外國危害國安 據悉指控 Twitter 追蹤蔡英文、斥習近平獨裁、赴美見蓬佩奧…
Next Digital chairman Jimmy Lai was charged with fraud and remanded in custody pending a hearing last week. Yesterday, he was suddenly further charged with one count under the Hong Kong National Security Law of “collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security”. The allegations reportedly include his accepting interviews with several overseas media outlets, meeting foreign officials, Twitter posts and even the followers of his Twitter account. The alleged offences span the period from June last year to December this year. A comment by Lai stating that “the provisions of the draconian national security law are worse than our worst expectations, and more people will leave” was reportedly also included in the case allegations.
壹傳媒主席黎智英上周被控詐騙還押候訊，昨日突然遭加控一項《港區國安法》下「勾結外國或境外勢力危害國家安全罪」。據悉，相關指控包括他接受多間海外媒體訪問、與外國官員會面，Twitter 帖文，甚至是 Twitter 帳號追蹤者，涉案日期橫跨去年 6 月至今年 12 月。連黎在一篇評論中提及，「國安惡法條文比我們最壞的預期還要壞，離去的人將會更多」，據悉亦包括在案情之中。
Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai faces national security charge, bail denied as prosecution cites tweets
Next Media founder Jimmy Lai is denied bail in the national security case.
Next Media Jimmy Lai is denied bail for the national security case.
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