20 May 2021
Hong Kong’s High Court on Thursday denied a trial by jury for the first person charged under the city’s national security law.
The Hong Kong High Court ruled May 20 to uphold an earlier decision by Hong Kong’s Department of Justice denying Tong Ying-kit, 24, a trial by jury.
Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng informed Tong’s legal team in February his trial would be heard by a panel of three judges appointed for national security law cases instead of a jury. The justice secretary cited “the personal safety of jurors and their family members,” as a reason for the decision, which marks a departure from traditional law practice in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong s High Court on Saturday released on bail three more activists but remanded two in custody in a widely monitored case involving the most sweeping use yet of the city s national security.
Hong Kong's High Court on Saturday released on bail three more activists but remanded two in custody in a widely monitored case involving the most sweeping use yet of the city's national security law.
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Hong Kong s High Court on Thursday denied another bail application made by Beijing critic and pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, according to the South China Morning Post. Lai was arreste.