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Justice is being delayed in Hong Kong as system battles to cope with numbers resulting from 2019 civil unrest and passing of national security law in 2020.
The city must be grateful for the expertise and service these members of the judiciary have provided, but they have served their historic purpose.
Protecting the city’s distinct advantages calls for leaders to promote the importance of the common law system, and impress on Beijing the urgent need for Chinese officials, here and on the mainland, to study it.
As the city marks National Security Education Day, it hears it has to remain vigilant to internal and external threats, and strive for better economic and social achievements.
- Sources warn that anyone seen wearing seditious clothing on 27th anniversary of city’s return to Chinese rule could face arrest
Ex-delivery worker Adam Ma – known as the ‘second-generation Captain America’ – asks High Court to order his immediate release.
Au Kin-wai allegedly posted seditious videos to provoke hatred towards central and local authorities, with calls for ‘revolution’.
High-profile departures of two British non-permanent judges from top Hong Kong court puts spotlight on mechanism.
Prosecution believed to be first under domestic national security law, with man accused of wearing items calling for city’s ‘liberation’.
Beijing’s liaison office and national security arm in Hong Kong take aim at Jonathan Sumption, who stepped down from city’s highest court.
But legal experts say platform could still be prosecuted, and those who support wanted activists’ pages could be deemed to be funding them.
Readers discuss recently unveiled measures to curb illicit cigarettes, why we need to study grammar in English classes, and passport cancellation for six people wanted for alleged national security offences.
The Post also looks at whether subscribing to UK-based absconders’ YouTube and Patreon accounts violates new curbs on fundraising.
Taiwanese authorities earlier warned residents after some tourists from self-ruled island reported being stopped and searched by local police.
Security chief Chris Tang makes unprecedented move under new powers granted by city’s domestic national security law.
Government issues statement in response to Financial Times piece from Jonathan Sumption titled ‘The rule of law in Hong Kong is in grave danger’.
Warning over civil servants’ public comments on government policy follows first update to code of conduct in 15 years.
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam points to need to show ‘confidence and ability’ in maintaining ties with the rest of the world.
Nong Rong, deputy head of HKMAO, delivers rare English-only speech after shock resignation of two British judges from city’s top court.
Hong Kong authorities respond to American representative Adam Schiff’s introduction of US Congress House Resolution 1277.
Ex-investment banker Stephen Roach says city must uphold constructive criticism, while billionaire Mark Mobius says Hong Kong far from over.
Activist known as ‘Grandma Wong’ released on bail after arrest on suspicion of sedition for chanting slogans on anniversary.
Chan Chak-ming, standing down as Law Society president, says NGOs are better placed than government to allay fears overseas fears about national security laws.
Sources say police will ramp up their presence on Tuesday at sensitive locations.
Executive Council convenor Regina Ip says she sees no problem with private commemoration of Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Suspects released as China’s foreign ministry arm in Hong Kong hits back at the United States and European Union for their ‘irresponsible comments’ on the arrests.
Legal scholar Albert Chen says residents who engage in speech or publication have to judge for themselves whether it is considered seditious under new ordinance.
Detainees include Chow’s mother, a former district councillor and former volunteers of a now-defunct pro-democracy group that organised vigils on June 4th.
Woman is wife of Kwan Chun-pong, who was among six other suspects arrested by officers from police’s National Security Department on Tuesday, source says.
Different versions of 2019 protest song available on Spotify and Apple Music under the name of a new distributor.
Chow arrested alongside five others on allegations of ‘repeatedly publishing posts with seditious intentions’ by ‘exploiting upcoming sensitive date’.
Among those detained is activist Chow Hang-tung, security chief Chris Tang reveals.
