... ns." High Court Justice Andrew Macrae sentened Hui, 66, a former Hong Kong chief secretary, to 7-1/2 years in prison. Kwok, 63, former co-chairman of Hong Kong's largest property developer, was jailed ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-24
... assive in court as the verdict was read and when the sentence was delivered. The defence said Magnotta is a schizophrenic and therefore could not be held criminally responsible. But the prosecution su ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-24
... the high court in Shandong province, the report said, because the Hebei higher court that originally approved Nie's execution refused to overturn its verdict last year. Last week, a court in Inner Mo ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-23
... Criminal Court for crimes against humanity as alleged in a UN inquiry report released in February. North Korea did not participate in the meeting. Pyongyang says the rights criticism is based on lies ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-23
... the High Court seeking leniency for the former chief secretary. Tsang urged the judge to consider Hui's contribution to society, saying he was "devastated" by the conviction. Hui is a person of extra ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-23
Since a Court of First Instance jury found four people guilty on Friday in Hong Kong's biggest anti-graft case, the media has been busy. It has been following up on whether there will be an appeal, sp ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
... des under court orders, during which everything seemed to proceed smoothly, with all sides exercising restraint. In the last stage of the clearing operation, the police demonstrated professionalism, e ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
... the High Court convicted Hui and Thomas Kwok for corruption, his younger brother Raymond was found innocent. -- Contact us at [email protected] VW/MY/RA ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
... the High Court last year and is awaiting a jury's verdict in his corruption trial -- has put Hui’s collection of about 11,000 vinyl records and CDs up for sale via an open tender, Sing Tao Daily repo ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
... Hong Kong court ruled that Wang's actions were illegal and granted Tsai leave to name an independent auditor to examine ATV's accounts. Tsai could step forward to save the company or stand back to let ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
... ations of court orders, and blamed the unrest on lack of job opportunities for young people and their poor understanding of the Basic Law. It seems they are deliberately turning a blind eye to the fac ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
... s of High Court injunctions against the protesters, saying such petitions are permitted under civil law, Apple Daily reported Wednesday. These are quite apart from the criminal aspect of the unauthori ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-17
... olice and court orders to defuse the Occupy movement. However, using the law enforcement agency and the courts to resolve political issues is by no means a long-term solution. By doing so the image an ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-17
... a Beijing court said the evidence in the case against Ding was clear. The court ordered her to pay a fine of 2.5 billion yuan and surrender assets worth 20 million yuan. Ding had humble beginnings as ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
A teenager executed more than 18 years ago for rape and murder has been exonerated in a retrial. A court on Inner Mongolia found Huugjilt, then 18 years old, was wrongly convicted in 1996 of raping an ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
... Superior Court in Bridgeport by the families of nine of the people killed in the attack and a person who was wounded, seeks unspecified monetary damages. The 40-page suit names Bushmaster as well as ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-16
... e Supreme Court of India show that in March 2012 the country had 31.2 million cases pending, more than 80 percent of them in lower courts. Such extraordinary backlogs have persisted – and can undermin ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
... ed with a court injunction. The turnout instantly revived a shrinking camp worn down by fatigue and frustration. A tearful 82-year-old woman, surnamed Mak, said she felt she should not leave the stud ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-12
... one in Harcourt Road to the end feel there's no picking up where they left off. But the central government in Beijing and the Hong Kong administration may have suffered more -- they have lost the trus ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-12
... es to the court in January, he noted. The Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS), which has been the other group behind the Occupy movement, also said it will not make any move in the short term, nor ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-12
