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The verdict in the sedition trial of Hong Kong news outlet Stand News and two of its former chief editors has been further postponed to the end of August, according to the judiciary. Non-profit digital news outlet Stand News ceased operations and deleted its website in December 2021 after its newsroom was raided by over 200 national security police officers. Seven people connected to the independent outlet were arrested on suspicion of conspiring to “publish seditious publications.” However, only ex-chief editor Chung Pui-kuen, acting chief editor Patrick Lam and parent company Best Pencil (Ho...
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Beijing and Hong Kong have said that the US has “smeared” Hong Kong’s law enforcement actions after Washington published a report stating that the city had “significant human rights issues.” The 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released by the US Department of State on Monday was “unfounded and biased,” the Hong Kong government said in a statement on Tuesday night. ‘Arbitrary detention’ The annual report claimed that there were credible reports of arbitrary arrest and detention or detainees in Hong Kong under the Beijing-imposed national security law and other legislation. It cit...
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An alleged bomb plot to murder police officers during the 2019 protests and unrest in Hong Kong could have caused heavy casualties, the prosecution has said in the city’s first trial under an anti-terrorism act. The prosecution on Tuesday began their opening statement at the High Court after a nine-member jury was selected on Monday to hear the trial of seven people charged under the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance. Prosecutor Juliana Chow said the bomb plot involved planting two homemade bombs near Emperor Group Centre at Hennessy Road in Wan Chai during a rally on December...
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Hong Kong held a raft of events across the city on Monday to mark National Security Education Day, with a top Beijing official saying the city should prioritise economic development after the recent passage of a new security law. At Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, a colourful carnival featured exhibitions about national security and the police’s counter-terrorism vehicles. Chan Kwai-lan, an insurance worker in her 40s volunteering at the carnival, said the city’s efforts to safeguard national security were “good, very good.” “At least everyone is living in peace and working happily, and the eco...
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Hong Kong’s Civic Party, which was once the city’s second-largest pro-democracy party, has officially shut down after 18 years – joining dozens of other civil society groups which folded in the wake of a Beijing-imposed national security law. Members of the Civic Party – nicknamed “the barristers’ party” – voted last May to dissolve it amid a leadership vacuum. No members came forward to stand for positions on its executive committee. The party conducted a six-month voluntary winding-up process, clearing its headquarters. On Wednesday its listing in the companies registry was cancelled. Chairp...
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has removed copies of the University Community Press from campus, saying the student publication was “unauthorised” and could not be displayed without permission. The University Community Press was not affiliated with CUHK and was not recognised by the university, CUHK told HKFP last Friday. The statement came a few days after the student editorial team announced that it would suspend the supply of physical copies of the publication until further notice. Ex-student union publicationThe publication, formerly known as CUHK Student Press, was managed by ...
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Hong Kong’s homegrown Safeguarding National Security Ordinance has come into effect, four days after the legislation was unanimously approved at the city’s opposition-free legislature. Separate to the 2020 Beijing-enacted security law, the new legislation – gazetted midnight on Saturday – targets treason, insurrection, sabotage, external interference, sedition, theft of state secrets and espionage. It allows for pre-charge detention of to up to 16 days, and suspects’ access to lawyers may be restricted, with penalties involving up to life in prison. “The Safeguarding National Security Ordinanc...
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The Hong Kong government has proposed amendments to its draft homegrown security law which could impose stricter measures against “absconders” and empower the city’s leader to draft subsidiary legislation. Officials read out the proposed revisions to the Safeguarding National Security Bill at the Legislative Council’s Bills Committee on Thursday. The revisions were based on suggestions made by lawmakers over six days of committee meetings, which ended on Wednesday. The amendments propose scrapping a six-month wait until authorities can designate a wanted individual as an absconder – a status w...
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US funded-news outlet Radio Free Asia (RFA), which had been accused of being “anti-China” by Beijing-backed newspapers, is set to withdraw from Hong Kong, local media have reported citing sources. Local media including HK01 and the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday that RFA will cease operations in Hong Kong by the end of March. Some employees will be transferred to Taipei in Taiwan or Washington DC in the US, while others will be laid off, the reports said. Citing internal sources, HK01 said that the company told staff in late February that the media outlet would shut down the Ho...
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Those found guilty of certain offences under Hong Kong’s proposed new security legislation, including treason and sabotage, may face life in prison, a draft bill unveiled on Friday has revealed. The government on Friday introduced the Safeguarding National Security Bill – known locally as Article 23 – to the city’s legislature, which convened a rare, off-schedule meeting to begin its legislative process. Andrew Leung, president of the Legislative Council (LegCo) said the government and the LegCo must join hands in passing the bill as soon as possible, describing it as a “historical mission.” S...
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