news You are using an older browser version. Please use a supported version for the best MSN experience. Fugitive former lawmaker Ted Hui’s legal bid against withdrawal of protest cases quashed as he ‘despises’ court, judge says Former opposition lawmaker Ted Hui. Photo: EPA-EFE A Hong Kong judge has barred fugitive former lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung from challenging the justice's minister withdrawal of two private prosecution bids stemming from the anti-government protests of 2019, on grounds that he "despises" the court. Mr Justice Alex Lee Wan-tang of the High Court refused to grant Hui's application for a judicial review on Friday, ordering him to foot the secretary for justice's legal costs on an indemnity basis, after taking into account his conduct in "misleading" the court when he fled the city.