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A Hong Kong man accused of writing “seditious” graffiti on bus seats is set to indicate his plea next month in the city’s third case under a new security law. His lawyer has told the court he did not expect it to go to trial. Chung Man-kit appeared before Chief Magistrate Victor So at the West Kowloon Magistrates Courts on Thursday afternoon. The 29-year-old has been detained for almost two months pending trial since he first appeared in court on June 25. He faces three counts of “doing with a seditious intention an act or acts that had a seditious intention” and two counts of “destroying or d...
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Hong Kong press freedom has fallen further according to a survey of media workers in the city, who separately said that that a recently enacted security law had “significantly impacted” the industry. According to the results of the Hong Kong Journalists Association’s (HKJA) annual press freedom index, published on Tuesday, the rating recorded by reporters was just 25 out of 100, the lowest since the survey was first conducted in 2013. Reporters said they were more hesitant to criticise the city’s government, that it was more difficult for the media to function as a watchdog, and that it had be...
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The engine for global economic growth has shifted to the East amid uncertainties underpinned by the upcoming US presidential election, a volatile interest environment, and regional conflicts, Hong Kong’s leader John Lee has said. Lee made the remarks on Sunday during the first public consultation event ahead of his third Policy Address since he took office in 2022. It is scheduled to be delivered in October. Around 120 residents were invited to the two-hour consultation at a primary school in Tai Po, which was attended by Lee and his team of principal officials. “Hong Kong is largely safe and ...
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Hong Kong’s top court has given the green light to detained pro-democracy activist Tam Tak-chi to challenge his conviction and sentence under a since-repealed sedition law next January. The Court of Final Appeal on Wednesday granted leave to appeal to the former radio host, who was fined and jailed for 40 months for 11 charges including uttering seditious words in April 2022. The hearing was scheduled for January 10. The landmark appeal will mark the first time the sedition law has been challenged in the top court. Tam, who was absent from Wednesday’s hearing, was the first person to stand tri...
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A Hongkonger charged with sedition under a new security law over wearing a T-shirt that bore a protest slogan has said he intends to plead guilty. Chu Kai-pong, 27, appeared in front of Chief Magistrate Victor So at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday. He faces one count of “doing with a seditious intention an act or acts that had a seditious intention,” under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, known locally as Article 23. Chu’s barrister Steven Kwan said Chu intended to plead guilty to the sedition offence, and asked the court to adjourn the case to September 16, when Chu...
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A lawyer representing two Hongkongers charged with sedition under the city’s new security law has said his clients would plead guilty to their alleged offences, although one first sought to challenge whether the law placed excessive limits on freedom of speech. Chu Kai-pong, 27, and Au Kin-wai, 58, appeared at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday charged with sedition under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, known locally as Article 23. Chu was charged with one count of “doing with a seditious intention an act or acts that had a seditious intention,” while Au was charged wi...
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The Hong Kong government has rejected an opinion article published by US publication Forbes Magazine, which claimed that the city had become a “far risker place to do business” following the enactment of two security laws. In a statement released in the early hours of Thursday, the government said the commentary titled “Hong Kong’s Economy Is Now Risky Business” published by Forbes Magazine on Tuesday was “misleading.” The article was penned by Olivia Enos, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute covering human rights and national security challenges in Asia. It cited a recent report by the Commit...
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Hong Kong’s corrections department has condemned an op-ed written by a top legal scholar about a new rule denying early release to national security convicts, calling his comments “misleading.” The Correctional Services Department (CSD) said in a statement) on Wednesday that the op-ed by Johannes Chan included “unfounded and misleading remarks” about arrangements for national security offenders in prison custody. The statement came after Chan, the former dean of the University of Hong Kong’s law faculty, wrote in Ming Pao about how recent security legislation, known locally as Article 23, had ...
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More than 80 per cent of Hongkongers think people should be able to publicly criticise the government if they disagree with the authorities’ actions, a survey has found. US think tank Pew Research Center on Monday released results of a questionnaire that surveyed adults in East Asia – specifically Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan – on their views on government criticism. In Hong Kong, 81 per cent of the 2,000-odd people surveyed said they believed that people who disagreed with what the government was doing should be able to publicly criticise the authorities. Fifteen per cent said the...
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Hong Kong leader John Lee has said economic growth will be the focus of his third Policy Address after the enactment of a homegrown security law in March laid the groundwork for the city’s stability. Speaking during a regular press conference on Tuesday, Lee said the government would organise more than 40 consultation hearings including two on-the-ground meetings with residents ahead of the annual policy address, expected to be delivered in October. “As the government has completed [legislating] safeguarding national security and governance at the district level, we are confident in the overal...
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