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Seven veteran democrats have been allowed to appeal their convictions over a protest in 2019 at the city’s top court. Veteran democrat Martin Lee and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, along with ex-lawmakers Lee Cheuk-yan, Margaret Ng, Leung Kwok-hung, Cyd Ho, and Albert Ho, will have their challenge heard at the Court of Final Appeal on June 24. The top court, meanwhile, denied the Department of Justice’s application to overturn the democrats’ acquittal over organising the same assembly on August 18, 2019, ruling that the fact that the defendants had marched and held a banner at the head of the process...
Hong Kong Free Press
Seven veteran democrats have launched a bid to appeal their convictions for taking part in an unauthorised assembly during the 2019 protests and unrest. Veteran democrat Martin Lee and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, along with ex-lawmakers Lee Cheuk-yan, Margaret Ng, Leung Kwok-hung, Cyd Ho, and Albert Ho, were found guilty for knowingly participating in an unauthorised assembly after a trial in April 2021. Legal representatives for some of the democrats hope to challenge their clients’ convictions on the basis that the maximum sentence of five years for participating in a “peaceful” and “nonviolent”...
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong’s top court has rejected a government bid to appeal against the acquittal of seven veteran democrats who were accused of organising an unauthorised assembly related to a large-scale rally during the 2019 pro-democracy protests and unrest. The Court of Final Appeal on Friday dismissed the prosecution’s application to challenge the acquittal of media tycoon Jimmy Lai and veteran democrat Martin Lee, along with ex-lawmakers Lee Cheuk-yan, Margaret Ng, Leung Kwok-hung, Cyd Ho, and Albert Ho, over organising an unauthorised assembly in August 2019. Lead judge Roberto Ribeiro announced the...
Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong activist Chow Hang-tung will serve the remainder of a 15-month jail term for inciting others to take part in an unauthorised assembly relating to a Tiananmen crackdown vigil in 2021, after the city’s top court overturned her acquittal last month. Wearing a military green jacket and her hair tied up, Chow – who has been detained since September 2021 on separate national security charges – appeared at the High Court on Wednesday afternoon. She beamed and waved at the public gallery, and spoke with a lawyer through the glass pane of the defendant dock before proceedings began. Judge Jud...
Hong Kong Free Press
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