Hong Kong activist Owen Chow pleads not guilty to removing ‘unauthorised article’ from prison
Detained Hong Kong activist Owen Chow and his lawyer have pleaded not guilty to removing an “unauthorised article” – a complaint form about corrections officers – from prison. Chow and Phyllis Woo appeared at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court on Friday morning, five months after being arrested over allegedly taking a document meant for the government watchdog. They pleaded not guilty to “carrying unauthorised article out of prison,” The Witness reported. Senior public prosecutor Vincent Lee said the prosecution would summon eight witnesses to testify about conversations between corrections staff...