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Former Democratic Party chairman Wu Chi-wai has submitted mitigation letters from three ex-officials in pleading for a lighter sentence in the landmark national security case involving 47 pro-democracy figures. Wu appeared before three designated national security judges on Monday morning, when his lawyer argued that the 61-year-old former legislator was “at best an active participant” in a conspiracy to commit subversion. The court also heard mitigation pleas from the legal representatives of activists “Fast Beat” Tam Tak-chi and Sze Tak-loy. The trio were among dozens of democrats convicted ...
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An NGO has warned of extreme heat in Hong Kong’s subdivided flats and rooftop homes, which house more than 220,000 residents, as the city logged the hottest day in the year so far on Sunday, when the mercury soared to 34.8 degrees Celsius. Anti-poverty NGO the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) said on Sunday that it had surveyed 308 people living in “inadequate housing” such as subdivided flats, rooftop and cage homes from June 14 to Saturday. Over 90 per cent said they had felt ill because their apartments were too hot. Over the past two weeks, the Hong Kong Observatory had issued a v...
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Swimmer and actor Alex Fong has slammed the Hong Kong China Swimming Association over a dispute about competition qualification rules, calling the sports governing body “indifferent” towards young and promising athletes. Fong’s remarks came after local media outlets reported that a nine-year-old swimmer from his swimming club had been denied entry into Hong Kong’s 2024 open championships despite recording a qualifying time. In a statement last Friday, the Hong Kong China Swimming Association said that Fong’s club RippleFly Swim, was a “competition member” – the lowest of three member rankings ...
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Hong Kong’s justice department is seeking to overturn a former lawmaker’s acquittal over disclosing an antigraft probe into a police officer who was under investigation for his role in a mob attack during the 2019 protests and unrest. Lam Cheuk-ting, of the opposition Democratic Party, was in February cleared of three counts of disclosing the identity of people under investigation. Lam was sentenced to four months’ jail in January 2022 over disclosing an inquiry by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) into allegations of misconduct against police Superintendent Yau Nai-keung, w...
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The head of the national security department of the Hong Kong Police Force has warned of security threats going “underground” into arts and extremism despite the enactment of two security laws in the city. Andrew Kan, the deputy police commissioner for national security, said on Sunday that security threats had “transformed” after Beijing imposed a national security law in 2020 and the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance was enacted in March. “I think the threats have only transformed, they are still here,” Kan said in a Cantonese interview with TVB news. “We must remain vigilant and not ...
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Organisers behind a harbourfront installation featuring inflatable, white sculptures of world landmarks have defended the show, after the artist called the display “very ugly.” She said she had not given her approval for the final design, and hoped the exhibition would be axed. The disagreement came days after organiser – Central Venue Management (CVM) – set up the large-scale replicas along the Central Harbourfront, each surrounded by large concrete weights and guy ropes. The free exhibition – funded by the organiser and not by the government – has since been the target of mockery online, wit...
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Months of poor business forced Hongkonger Emma and her husband Wai to close one of their Japanese omakase restaurants in February, despite its prime location in Causeway Bay. With their lease not yet expired, the pair swiftly transitioned to fast-food-style chicken chops costing less than HK$100 per meal. The up-market omakase – typically priced around HK$1,000 per person – just could no longer generate enough income, they told HKFP. The bold move may have saved them from joining a wave of shops and restaurants which have closed down in recent months. Shutters and rental posters have become hi...
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The banquet hall in Hong Kong’s Eaton Hotel has seen countless weddings celebrations – but never like this before. There was not one newlywed couple, there were 10. The wedding officiant appeared not before them but on a screen via Zoom, her time zone in the US state of Utah putting her 14 hours behind the city. Standing beneath a flower arch and the words “Pride to Wed,” the newlyweds took turns exchanging their vows and giving speeches to their partners. Some wiped tears from their eyes as they spoke. Metres from the stage, friends and family members held up their phones to capture the momen...
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Activist Joshua Wong frequently helped others in the community, his lawyer has said as he attempted to convince judges that his client should be given a lesser sentence in the city’s largest national security case. Wong, 27, was among six defendants who appeared at West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Friday for a mitigation hearing. The defendants, who included ex-lawmakers and district councillors, face up to life imprisonment for taking part in a conspiracy to commit subversion linked to an unofficial primary in July 2020. Wearing a blue shirt and a grey cardigan, Wong nodded to people in th...
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A Hong Kong court has refused to allow jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai to ask the city’s top court to overturn a ruling that effectively barred him from hiring a British lawyer for his ongoing national security trial. The Court of Appeal on Friday rejected Lai’s application for leave to appeal to the final appellate court. The 76-year-old Apple Daily founder wanted to challenge the appeal court’s ruling in April, when it sided with a decision from the Committee for Safeguarding National Security. The committee – chaired by Chief Executive John Lee – said last January that the proposed represent...
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