Hong Kong student cleared of rioting in 2019 to see retrial after gov’t successfully appeals acquittal
A student earlier found not guilty of rioting during the 2019 protests will stand trial again after the government won an appeal against his acquittal. Lee Chun-ho, a student at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University at the time of the alleged offence, appeared at the High Court on Wednesday before a panel of three judges. The judges sided with the government’s Department of Justice (DoJ) in ruling that District Court judge Clement Lee, who presided over his case in 2021, had delivered a verdict that was contradictory. The case will be returned to the District Court, with a mention scheduled for...