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Four pre-democracy figures in the landmark national security case involving 47 Hong Kong democrats will appear in court later this month for mitigation, according to the judiciary’s website. The court date was scheduled days after the High Court last Thursdayconvicted 14 former activists and lawmakers of conspiring to commit subversion. They now join 31 democrats who earlier pleaded guilty to the charge in awaiting sentencing. Two of the 47 democrats were cleared, although the government has announced it intends to appeal their acquittals. Former district councillors Andrew Chiu and Ben Chung,...
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Hong Kong leader John Lee has warned of people potentially “hijacking” the anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown to disturb public peace. Tuesday marked 35 years since hundreds, if not thousands, were killed when China’s People’s Liberation Army cracked down on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing. When asked during his weekly press briefing on Tuesday morning whether Hongkongers were permitted to publicly commemorate the crackdown, Lee gave no direct answer. “All activities by any persons must be conducted according to the law,” he said. National security police have invoked Hong Kong’s new s...
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Hong Kong’s civil servants are set to see a 3 per cent salary rise, the government has announced, as the city faces a HK$100 billion deficit. The pay rise will be implemented retrospectively starting from April 1. The Executive Council, Chief Executive John Lee’s board of advisors, approved a uniform wage increase for civil servants of different ranks, Secretary for Civil Service Ingrid Yeung told the press on Tuesday after the meeting. The 3 per cent raise was lower than the net pay trend indicators announced last month, which ranged from 4.01 per cent to 5.47 per cent. The pay rise would als...
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Four mainland Chinese residents were arrested in Hong Kong while illegally working as cleaners in the city, the Immigration Department has announced. After noticing some mainland Chinese companies promoting their cleaning services in Hong Kong on social media, the Immigration Department said it had investigated one company suspected of arranging illegal cleaners in the city. Posing as a potential customer, staff from the department reached out to the company, leading to the four arrests. A 28-year-old who was in charge of the company and three illegal workers were apprehended while providing c...
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Taipei (AFP) - La répression de la place Tiananmen à Pékin par le gouvernement chinois ne disparaîtra pas "dans le torrent de l'histoire", a affirmé le nouveau président taïwanais Lai Ching-te mardi pour le 35e anniversaire de l'événement. "Les souvenirs du 4-Juin ne disparaîtront pas dans le torrent de l'histoire et nous continuerons à travailler dur pour maintenir cette mémoire historique en vie", pour "tous ceux qui sont attachés à la démocratie chinoise", a écrit sur Facebook M. Lai, qui a pris ses fonctions en mai. "Parce que cela nous rappelle que la démocratie et la liberté ne sont pas ...
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A court verdict that saw 14 democrats convicted under a Beijing-imposed security law last week shows there are “real risks” to national security, Hong Kong leader John Lee has said. The Chief Executive commented on the verdict for the first time on Tuesday, days after Hong Kong’s High Court convicted 14 democrats charged with participating in a conspiracy to commit subversion under the national security legislation. “The defendants made use of the so-called primaries and planned to secure a majority of seats in the Legislative Council… and indiscriminately veto the budgets and public works pro...
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A deceased Hong Kong activist funded a trip for radical protesters to receive “military training” in Taiwan during the 2019 pro-democracy demonstrations and unrest, a court has heard. Prosecution witness Eddie Pang, who has been testifying in the city’s first-ever trial under a UN anti-terrorism act, told the High Court on Monday that Edward Lau had paid for seven protesters to visit Taichung in September 2019, where they were trained by a veteran Taiwanese soldier on military tactics and firing weapons. Lau, an activist known for his role in 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement, reportedly di...
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A former Hong Kong pro-democracy district councillor has said that she was asked by police about her plans on June 4, which will mark the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing. Meanwhile, a top government advisor has said commemorating the incident in private would not constitute an offence under the city’s domestic security law. According to ex-Sai Kung district councillor and frequent runner Debby Chan, a police officer called her last week and asked if she was “going to run on June 4.” The officer was also said to have asked for details about any plans to go for a run ...
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Hong Kong’s Catholic Diocese has axed a vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown for a third consecutive year. The Hong Kong Catholic Social Communication Office told HKFP it had instead held a service to pray for the Catholic church in China, and the country itself, more than a week ago. Separately, Cardinal Stephen Chow last Thursday wrote a prayer published in the Sunday Examiner and the Kung Kau Po, weekly newspapers owned and operated by the city’s Diocese, calling for “forgiveness” days ahead of the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The 1989 crackdown ended ...
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The national security trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been adjourned after his legal team told the court he felt unwell. Lai, 76, who founded now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, has been detained since December 2020. He has pleaded not guilty to two charges of conspiring to collude with foreign forces under the national security law – punishable by life imprisonment – and one count of conspiring to publish seditious materials. Lai appeared in court on Monday, the 87th day of the trial, where his lawyer Robert Pang told the court that Lai was feeling unw...
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