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9 September, 2024
People queue up to enter the West Kowloon Law Courts Building to hear Jimmy Lai’s national security trial in November. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong’s year in court: national security, murder and minority rights

The Post reviews the biggest cases of 2024, including the sentencing of 45 opposition figures and ‘Dragon Slaying’ bomb plotters.

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Hong Kong teacher jailed for 6 months for taking upskirt videos of pupils

Hong Kong

Editorial | Hong Kong barristers’ exchanges with Beijing are vital

Hong Kong businessman jailed for 49 months over 2019 Yuen Long MTR riot

Tang Ka-man, 46, was sentenced for taking part in a riot with white-clad mob that attacked protesters and commuters.

Businessman Tang Ka-man (pictured in September 2024) has been sentenced to 49 months in prison. Photo: Brian Wong

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denies his call for Xi to step down equals incitement

Testimony by Apple Daily founder centres on comments he made during online broadcast series in which he argued Covid pandemic had revealed danger of Beijing’s control of information.

Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denies making appeal for hostilities against Beijing

Former media boss also pushes back against suggestions he advocated for greater US military presence in South China Sea.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong arrest warrant issued for student in forged qualifications case

Lyu Yunni, 23, accused of using ‘false instrument’ in application to Chinese University of Hong Kong.

The accused did not show up at Sha Court as scheduled on Monday. Photo: Winson Wong

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai admits Apple Daily was ‘too radical’ towards authorities

But former media boss tells court he believes he and his tabloid ‘on the right side of history’.

Old Hong Kong

When a Dior-clad socialite killed her lover, horrifying Hong Kong

Maria Coady was photographed with Chris Patten and rubbed shoulders with the Brunei royal family – before being jailed by a Hong Kong court.

Hong Kong politics

Letters | Call to overturn Hong Kong court ruling on gay rights is frivolous

Readers discuss a lawmaker’s disregard for the principle of judicial independence, humane treatment of monkeys in a local zoo, and Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter.

The Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s top court ruled on November 26 to affirm housing and inheritance entitlements for same-sex couples, siding against the government in favour of LGBTQ rights protection. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong protests

Ex-Hong Kong politician, 6 others convicted over riot at MTR station in 2019

Court says former lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting’s actions helped turn unlawful assembly in Yuen Long into violent clash with white-clad rioters.

A judge has accused former politician Lam Cheuk-ting of capitalising on the incident for his own political gains. Photo: Reuters
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong yoga ball murder case: ‘lethal gas was to kill shrews lured by ham’

Malaysian academic Khaw Kim Sun says he brought home carbon monoxide from his laboratory to conduct his own pest control.

Jimmy Lai trial

Jimmy Lai denies instigating US move to revoke Hong Kong special economic status

But court hears former media boss messaged right-hand man to say it was ‘right’ to force Beijing to meet Washington’s demands.

Crime in Hong Kong

Top Hong Kong photographer gets 8 weeks’ jail for indecently assaulting model

Leung Chun-chung found guilty of pulling down model’s dress and exposing her breasts at his Chai Wan studio in December 2022.

Eastern Court in Sai Wan Ho. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police officer cleared of misconduct over HK$46,000 overtime pay claim

Court acquits retired chief inspector Kelvin Ip, 58, on misconduct and corruption charges.

Kelvin Ip (centre) with his lawyer David Khosa (left) on Tuesday after the trial. Photo: Lo Hoi-ying
Hong Kong society

Explainer | ‘Angry Chiu Chow man’: who is Hong Kong’s Chim Pui-chung?

From ‘golden banker’ fame to fiery outbursts, the Post looks at background of former lawmaker found guilty in fraud case this week.

Consumer protection in Hong Kong

Hong Kong cleaning firm fined HK$11 million in housing estate price-fixing case

Hong Kong Commercial Cleaning Services and two directors signed statement of agreed facts to settle case, Competition Commission says.

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Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denies skirting law with ‘indirect’ calls for sanctions

He also rejects accusations of inciting hatred in a commentary in which he mentioned friends intimidated by alleged Communist Party agent.

Former media boss Jimmy Lai says he believed the national security law would compel the people to change the way they behaved in public. Photo: AFP
Crime in Hong Kong

Former Hong Kong lawmaker Chim Pui-chung and son found guilty of fraud

Businesswoman Wong Poe-lai also convicted of money laundering in case over fraudulent transactions tied to listed firm.

Hong Kong

Editorial | Slowly but surely, Hong Kong’s courts are embracing the technological age

The push for greater use of technology such as expanded use of remote hearings must ensure justice is done and core principles retained.

Hong Kong housing

My Take | Time to accept that Hong Kong’s golf club housing plan is a swing and a miss

A court ruling that found the EIA for the project was riddled with errors and breaches of the law may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

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Plans to use land at the Hong Kong Golf Club for housing have been hit by a ruling that an Environmental Impact Assessment was riddled with errors and breaches of the law. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong environmental issues

Editorial | Ruling allows for a broader look at Hong Kong’s golf club housing plan

Hong Kong has embarked on major projects that will have an impact on the environment. It is essential to get the assessment process right.

The controversy over the decision to use some of Hong Kong’s oldest golf course for housing continues. Photo: Dickson Lee
Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai wanted to grab US attention with security law prosecution

Unpublished letter reveals Lai felt he was targeted because he had ‘embarrassed’ Beijing by exposing its ‘hollow’ promises.

Hong Kong's national security law

‘Captain America’ protester loses appeal for early release in Hong Kong

Former food delivery worker Adam Ma filed the first legal challenge against the city’s domestic national security law.

Jimmy Lai trial

Jimmy Lai tells court he could have fled Hong Kong in 2020 but chose to stay

Ex-media boss gave an interview right after the enactment of security law, saying that he would fight for democracy in a ‘different way’.

Lai, 77, is standing trial on two conspiracy charges of collusion with foreign forces and a third of conspiracy to print and distribute seditious publications. Photo: AP
Jimmy Lai trial

Jimmy Lai says he didn’t think at first national security law would be ‘end’ of Hong Kong

Ex-media boss also denies saying that he believed his arrest would trigger foreign intervention.

Two women look at a banner publicising the national security law on Albany Road, Central. Photo: Felix Wong
Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denies inciting others to breach the national security law

Ex-media boss tells court he had always cautioned others to refrain from crossing the line and committing an offence.

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Jimmy Lai trial

Jimmy Lai says Hong Kong ‘beyond redemption’ after security law took effect

Lai had called for the US to impose ‘sanctions and punishments’ on China before the situation became ‘hopeless’.

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