Judges reject defence claim over past conduct tied to unofficial Legco ‘primary’ held in month after Beijing-imposed law took effect.
Judges doubtful over defence claim that Tai played ‘rather limited’ role in plan to bring down government through unofficial Legco ‘primary’.
Legal academic Benny Tai and four others to appear at West Kowloon Court on Tuesday, with lawyers to plead for lighter sentences.
British Supreme Court rulings say ‘lawful excuse’ applies where authorities are found to have violated basic rights of accused.
Ex-delivery worker Adam Ma – known as the ‘second-generation Captain America’ – asks High Court to order his immediate release.
Former UBS director had taken earnings from prostitution, laundered it through luxury cars and properties while maintaining lavish lifestyle.
Au Kin-wai allegedly posted seditious videos to provoke hatred towards central and local authorities, with calls for ‘revolution’.
Health inspectors allegedly kept portions of food selected for radiation testing, including canned abalones, white truffle sauce and crab bisque.
Alex Kwong, 29, also jumped bail just before his 15-day trial began in November 2015.
Judge says graduate, 24, abused trust that union placed in him as its financial secretary, orders him to pay HK$220,000 in compensation.
Psychological report finds there is a ‘very high risk’ Carriage Lau will commit further sexual offences in the future.
Prosecution believed to be first under domestic national security law, with man accused of wearing items calling for city’s ‘liberation’.
Actor Louis Koo allegedly asked business partner Alex Dong to pay for his share in fashion joint venture as he did not have enough cash at time.
Ada Tsim, 50, was found guilty in 2021 of murdering aunt and uncle with 25 calibre pistol at Quarry Bay Park six years ago.
Prosecutors say Kwan Ka-yiu, 32, helped source the necessary equipment and identified venues for testing explosives.
Albert Leung, 67, earlier found guilty of defrauding government out of nearly HK$2 million by covering up deceptive practices.
Prosecutor lost job and pension entitlement after he accused police of lying and asked colleagues to mark anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown in emails.
Albert Leung becomes most senior figure held liable for fraudulent practices at laboratory monitoring quality of concrete used in Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge.
Three High Court judges find unofficial ‘primary’ election part of a wider plot to ‘undermine, destroy or overthrow’ government by creating constitutional crisis.
A landmark national security trial of Hong Kong’s opposition figures will conclude this week with the judges handing down a verdict on whether 16 of them had committed subversion by taking part in an unofficial election they called a primary. The aim of the election was to maximise the opposition’s chances of gaining control of the Legislative Council and bringing down the government.
Group is among 47 people prosecuted for what Beijing calls a ‘blatant challenge’ to the law after estimated 610,000 voted in July 2020 to pick candidates for Legco election.
District Court writ claims female employee, hired from overseas, was assigned to lesser role after she spurned managing director Alan Lai’s advances.
Panel of judges to hear submissions next month on whether prosecutors can establish a prima facie case against Apple Daily founder.
Jenny Li released on HK$200,000 bail after spending more than year in custody pending trial for allegedly perverting course of justice.
Defence counsel seeking further information on police contact with former Apple Daily publisher Cheung Kim-hung.
Court said Lai’s team had ‘more than reasonable opportunities’ to test former Apple Daily publisher Cheung Kim-hung’s knowledge of ‘lunchbox meetings’ on Slack communication app.
Jimmy Lai’s defence seeking to question ex-publisher Cheung Kim-hung about internal chat records on Slack, which included abstracts of various ‘lunchbox meetings’ among Apple Daily executives.
Prosecution suggests Lai’s lawyers refrained from asking Apple Daily publisher earlier about evidence of ‘lunchbox meetings’, but judge warns allegation lacked ‘proper foundation’
Prosecution reads out reports by City University Professor Wang Guiguo on impact of US laws designed to penalise alleged perpetrators of human rights violations in Hong Kong.
Luk Kin-ting in court facing two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under age of 13 and another of making child pornography.
