NEW: DOJ confirmed it will not appeal against the sentences of Benny Tai and others convicted in the NSL47 case.
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Alvin Lum
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Alvin Lum
@alvinllum
Political reporter @mingpaocom, covering Hong Kong's political and justice system. RT = cares about, but not necessarily agrees.
Joined May 2009
- Breaking: Jury has cleared 7 defendants of the first ever prosecution under anti-terrorism offence. Only one defendant was found guilty of alternative charge. news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%…
- Lord Phillips, the founding president of UK @UKSupremeCourt, said in a statement to @mingpaocom: “I have declined the invitation to serve for a further 3 year term on the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong for personal and not political reasons.” He declined to further comment.
- Hong Kong government has confirmed an office manager of its London ETO was allegedly involved in the UK police's arrest, and the Hong Kong govt has "seriously demanded the UK side to fairly handle the matter", plus to ensure ETO's work is not affected.
- Breaking: two leading UK judges Lord Sumption and Lord Collins have resigned from the Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal. news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%…
- Activist Chow Hang-Tung and her mother are among the six arrested under sedition, marking the first arrest since Article 23 legislation is passed and max penalty for the offence increased to 7 years. news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%…
- Chinese MOFA spokesperson (instead of XJP) reacts to Trump’s re-election at 11.30pm (Eng translation comes 10min later): “We respect the choice of the American people and congratulate Mr. Trump on being elected as president of the United States.”
- BBC’s response to @mingpaocom on whether it has pressured journalists to drop out from @HKJA_Official’s Exco. BBC spox said in handling staff’s request for an external role, it’ll consider employee’s role “to ensure there are no conflicts of interest”. news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%…
- NEW: Lord Neuberger will step down from chairman of an advisory panel of Media Freedom Coalition. The former UKSC president said it is “undesirable” that focus on his role as NPJ of Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal detracts the work of the panel.
- Replying to @tomgrundyLucky that it’s the Spanish anthem. God knows what will happen if the French national anthem is played…
- NEW: Resignation of UK judges is “most regrettable” but it’s important to “move forward with commitment”, Hong Kong’s first chief justice Andrew Li said in a statement to @mingpaocom. news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%…
- NEW: UK minister @annietrev will visit Hong Kong as part of her visit to China starting today, UK Foreign Office has announced. She said she will “raise concerns on passage and implementation of national security laws”, as well as to discuss UK-HK trade links.
- Studying speeches of XJP and party congress just aren’t enough for pro-Beijing groups in Hong Kong. They are now also studying speeches of CE John Lee and liaison chief Zheng Yanxiong, @mingpaocom reports. news.mingpao.com/pns/%e8%a7%80%…
- Hong Kong judiciary has issued its first guideline in using generative AI, and later clarified it won't be used for writing judgement at this stage. The guideline has stressed AI cannot "usurp or encroach upon its judicial functions". @hargreaves_s news.mingpao.com/pns/%e6%b8%af%…
