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In the 46th month since Beijing imposed a national security law on Hong Kong, the city held a raft of events to mark National Security Education Day. China’s top man on Hong Kong affairs urged it to prioritise economic development after the passage of a second security law. City officials continued to defend the homegrown security law – known locally as Article 23 – saying it did not damage the city’s rule of law and press freedom. They rebutted criticism from the US and European Union as “smears” and “hypocrisy with double standards.” The national security trial of pro-democracy media mogul J...
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A prosecution witness in the national security trial of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has denied defence allegations that he had fabricated his court evidence in exchange for a shorter jail term after earlier lying to police. Paralegal Chan Tsz-wah on Friday insisted he was telling the truth after the defence challenged his credibility as a witness and accused him of fabricating his testimony in order to favourably influence his own sentencing, which is expected after the trial. As the trial entered the 69th day, defence lawyer Marc Corlett pointed to 14 statements or topics extracted from C...
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A prosecution witness testifying at media mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial has said he spent 65 hours in meetings with police officers without giving official statements following his arrest under the national security law. Excluding meetings where police took written and videotaped statements, paralegal Chan Tsz-wah spent 65 hours talking to officers about his “physical and emotional state” and life in detention, a panel of three handpicked national security judges heard on Monday. Chan, who stands accused of conspiring with Lai and others to collude with foreign forces but has plead...
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A prosecution witness testifying in Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial has said he lied to the police earlier, including when he told officers he was not a member of Stand With Hong Kong, an activist group that urged foreign sanctions on city. Chan Tsz-wah, a paralegal who was charged alongside Lai but has pleaded guilty, appeared at West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Friday as the defence continued questioning him. Representing Lai, lawyer Mark Corlett brought up Stand With Hong Kong, a pro-democracy group that called on foreign governments to impose sanctions on the c...
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Media mogul Jimmy Lai was fearless and “led by example” after the Beijing-enacted security law came into force, an activist testifying against the tycoon in his high-profile trial has said. Chan Tsz-wah, a paralegal who was charged alongside Lai and is now a witness for the prosecution, appeared at West Kowloon Law Courts Building on Thursday as the defence began questioning him. Marc Corlett, one of Lai’s lawyers, asked Chan whether it had been his “intention… to deliberately take action [he] knew to be in breach” of the national security law. The activist said it “depended on what kind of pe...
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Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai’s arrest dealt a “heavy blow” to pro-democracy advocacy group Stand With Hong Kong, causing it to lose its connections to US politicians, the media mogul’s national security trial has heard. Activist Andy Li was also arrested in the same police swoop on August 10, 2020, but the activist group had a “Plan B” to sustain lobbying efforts overseas, said paralegal Chan Tsz-wah, who stands accused of conspiring with Lai and others to collude with foreign forces. Lai faces two counts of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and one count of conspiring to publish “sed...
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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai had wanted to bring together legislators, overseas groups, the power of the community, and other sectors to achieve “China implosion,” a court has heard during a landmark trial under the Beijing-imposed national security law. Paralegal Chan Tsz-wah, who stands accused of conspiring with Lai and others to collude with foreign forces, told the court on Friday that the Apple Daily founder mentioned the idea of bringing China to economic collapse and the fall of its political regime in January 2020. Lai faces two counts of conspiring to collude with foreign forces a...
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Jimmy Lai had mentioned in late November 2019 the idea of conducting a primary poll to “continue the momentum” of the pro-democracy camp in a legislative race originally scheduled for 2020, an activist has told the media tycoon’s landmark national security trial. The Apple Daily founder said organising a primary election could unite the votes of pro-democracy electors and secure the legislative seats of the democrats, paralegal Chan Tsz-wah testified in court on Wednesday. Chan has pleaded guilty to with conspiring with Lai and others to collude with foreign forces. According to Chan, Lai made...
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai hoped to contact protesters leading the “valiant camp” during the 2019 unrest and “purify” them, out of concerns they would lose the pro-democracy movement international support, an activist has testified during Lai’s landmark national security trial. Paralegal Chan Tsz-wah, who stands accused of conspiring with Lai and others to collude with foreign forces, continued his testimony for the prosecution on Monday. Lai, 76, is on trial for two counts of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and one count of conspiring to publish “seditious” materials. He has p...
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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was willing to provide “all kinds of help,” including a HK$1.5 million loan, to activists launching a global advertising campaign in June 2019, the mogul’s national security trial has heard. Prosecution witness Chan Tsz-wah, a paralegal that prosecutors alleged was a middleman who linked Lai with the Fight for Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong (SWHK) advocacy group, also said on Friday that veteran democrat Martin Lee connected him with the mogul’s personal assistant, Mark Simon. Chan agreed to testify against Lai after pleading guilty to conspiring to collude with ...
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