China's embassy hits back against U.S. criticism of Hong Kong's new national security law, urging the U.S. to "respect China's sovereignty."
Demonstrators and governments alike warn of higher risk of detention under the Article 23 legislation.
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people to prison Saturday over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests in 2019. The storming on July 1, 2019 — the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony’s return to
Hong Kong actor Gregory Wong and 11 other people have been jailed for their
Sentences of nearly seven years handed down over 2019 action that was pivotal moment in uprising against Chinese ruleA Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people to jail terms of up to seven years over the storming of the city’s legislature in 2019 at the height of pro-democracy protests that challenged the Beijing-backed government.It was the most violent episode in the initial stage of the huge protests that upended the city that year, with Beijing later imposing a sweeping national security law...
Fears raised for the future of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong look to be well supported after legislators passed Article 23 of the draconian National Security Law, especially as the Vatican is likely set to renew its secretive deal with China later this year.
Toronto police made an arrest on Friday as a large crowd of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied outside a downtown hotel where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was appearing at a Liberal party fundraiser. Protest organizers had earlier promised to disrupt the event at the King Edward Hotel, insisting in a statement that the Liberal Party of Canada could not proceed with “business as usual” amid the Israel-Hamas war. In Toronto earlier this month, a weekend reception at the Art Gallery of...
Three men have been convicted of inciting others to kill Hong Kong police officers and their family members while chatting in a WhatsApp group at the height of the 2019 protests and unrest. Alfee Kwan, a 49-year-old salesperson, Yip Tsz Hin, a 30-year-old personal trainer, and owner of an engineering company Johnny Tsang, 50, appeared in […]
A former Hong Kong police sergeant has been sentenced to 23 years and 10 months in prison for supplying more than 24 kilograms of methamphetamine seized during an operation to a dealer with whom he was having an affair. Ex-Sergeant Hui Sze-hon, 45, and Wong Yeuk-nam, 32, appeared in the High Court on Wednesday, local […]
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s aide arranged for Hong Kong activists to meet US senator Rick Scott when the politician visited the city during the 2019 protests and unrest, a key prosecution witness has told Lai’s national security trial. Andy Li, one of 12 Hongkongers caught by Chinese coastguard in August 2020, told the […]
Former Hong Kong chief secretary Anson Chan met protesters and asked them if they had an “endgame” after months-long pro-democracy demonstrations and unrest in 2019, the national security trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai has heard. Prosecution witness Andy Li, an IT programmer turned activist, told the court on Friday that he was invited by […]
A 15-year-old girl has been arrested by police on suspicion of involvement in seven “guess who I am” style phone scams, which swindled HK$1.75 million out of victims, mostly elderly people living alone. Police said on Tuesday that they arrested the girl in Nga Tau Kok after a bank staffer alerted the force that an […]