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Hong Kong has made its 100th arrest under the National Security Law imposed on the former British colony by China last year, while dozens of democracy advocates yesterday returned to court for a mass bail hearing before their trial on subversion charges. Former Next Digital executive director Stephen Ting (丁家裕) was detained on fraud allegations, the <i>Oriental Daily</i> newspaper reported, citing people it did not identify. Police issued a statement late on Tuesday confirming the arrest of a 61-year-old man “after in-depth investigation by national security department.”...

Diplomats denied courtroom access The passengers feared they would be prosecuted for their activism in support of democratic opposition in Hong Kong under new national security laws. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has dismissed calls from the US Embassy for the 12 to be released as interference in China’s “judicial sovereignty.” The US Embassy said it had requested permission to observe the hearing, but that the request was denied. “Their so-called ‘crime’ was to flee tyranny,” the embassy statement said. “Communist China will stop at nothing to prevent its people from seeking f...

First trials of ‘Hong Kong 12’ begin in Shenzhen AP, BEIJING Trials for 10 people accused of attempting to flee Hong Kong by speedboat for Taiwan amid a government crackdown on dissent got under way in China yesterday, a court official said. The defendants face charges of illegally crossing the border, while two face additional charges of organizing the attempt, according to an indictment issued in Shenzhen. A spokesperson for the Yantian District People’s Court in Shenzhen said that the trials began yesterday afternoon as scheduled. Family members of democracy activists who went on tr...

Trial in China begins for Hong Kong activists who tried to flee city in speedboat Mayank Aggarwal © Provided by The Independent Ten of the 12 people from Hong Kong who were arrested in Chinese waters in August as they tried to flee to Taiwan are now facing trial in a court in mainland China. The proceedings began on Monday as the defendants face charges of illegal border crossing, and could face several years in jail if convicted. Access to the trial was severely limited, and it was not immediately clear whether the defendants were in court or were attending through a video ...

Hong Kong's collective trauma Diplomats denied courtroom access The passengers feared they would be prosecuted for their activism in support of democratic opposition in Hong Kong under new national security laws. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has dismissed calls from the US Embassy for the 12 to be released as interference in China's "judicial sovereignty." The US Embassy said it had requested permission to observe the hearing, but that the request was denied. "Their so-called 'crime' was to flee tyranny," the embassy statement said. "Communist China will stop at nothing to prevent its people...