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Hong Kong Court Backs Bid to Keep Tycoon Jimmy Lai in Jail Bloomberg 2/9/2021 Kari Lindberg and Iain Marlow (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s top court ordered media tycoon Jimmy Lai to stay in jail ahead of his trial on foreign collusion charges, in a victory for Beijing that shows the city’s judges are unlikely to challenge a China-drafted security law. The Court of Final Appeal unanimously decided Tuesday to keep Lai in custody, while laying out strict standards for defendants...

/ AFP and Bloomberg, HONG KONGHong Kongers with dual nationality are not entitled to foreign consular assistance, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam （林鄭月娥） said yesterday, confirming warnings by Western diplomats that authorities have begun strictly enforcing Chinese nationality regulations in the territory.

Hong Kongers with dual nationality are not entitled to foreign consular assistance, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥) said yesterday, confirming warnings by Western diplomats that authorities have begun strictly enforcing Chinese nationality regulations in the territory. Global Affairs Canada last week announced that a dual-national in prison in Hong Kong was required to make a declaration choosing a single nationality. The revelation sent diplomats from Britain, Canada and th...

FBI Questions Capitol Protesters, Including Newport Beach Woman The problem? Davis wasn’t there. Although she initially planned to be at the Capitol grounds to pray, she said, a delayed plane prevented her from attending the confirmation of the electoral votes. Nevertheless, the agent wanted to talk. “They were looking for people that were there inside the Capitol, and if we were a part of it. And I told them that we weren’t,” Davis told The Epoch Times. “I had to prove that I wasn�...

LADERA RANCH, Calif. (KABC) -- The FBI raided the Ladera Ranch homes of two men who held a rally near the U.S. Capitol on the day before the deadly insurrection last month. The FBI says federal agents executed search warrants last week at the two properties in Orange County. The agency added that the homeowners, Russell Taylor and Alan Hostetter, have not been charged with a crime. Both men run the American Phoenix Project, which co-sponsored a pro-Donald Trump rally near the Supreme Court on ...

An Orange County man was arrested Jan. 28 for allegedly trespassing on Capitol grounds earlier this month during ...

The FBI on Thursday arrested a Huntington Beach man who posted images of himself involved in the breach at the U.S. Capitol on social media. Mark Simon, a locally known far-right activist, was taken into custody by FBI agents during a dawn search of his home on federal charges of entering the restr

‘In the Capitol Baby: Social Media Leads to Arrest in Huntington Beach in U.S. Capitol Violence FBI agents detained a man and searched a home early Thursday in connection with the Jan. 6 riot in Washington, D.C., and said he was identified by police as a “known activist.” Published January 28, 2021 What to Know A SoCal man was detained on allegations he illegally entered restricted grounds and engaged in unlawful activities on Capitol grounds.  Agents matched images and videos po...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Federal agents on Thursday morning swarmed the Huntington Beach home of a man who was then arrested for his alleged role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. Mark Simon is accused of participating in the attack on the Capitol building in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6th. He faces two federal charges, according to an unsealed complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California: entering restricted buildings or grounds and unl...