90% of Hong Kong protest, national security cases have been through court, as judiciary’s manpower woes persist
Hong Kong’s judiciary has handled around 90 per cent of cases on national security and the 2019 protests. As of February, the Judiciary had handled 93 per cent of more than 2,320 cases relating to 2019 protests and unrest, and 87 per cent of over 200 national security cases, it said in a document submitted to the Legislative Council’s Finance Committee. The committee is scheduled to examine the Judiciary’s estimated expenditure for the current fiscal year, as well as those of various government departments, next Monday. Protests were sparked in June 2019 over a since-axed extradition bill esca...