A Chinese court has sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to 12 years in prison on fraud charges. Xia Lin (夏霖) was sentenced by the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court on Thursday, nearly two years s ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-22
... istrates' Court, Cheung said her ruling had taken into account all the evidence provided by the prosecution and that non-incarceration penalties were appropriate on the defendants. Upholding her origi ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-22
... The high court later ordered the government to reconsider its decision because of concern Kim might not be protected from ill-treatment and given the right to silence before a trial. Justice Minister ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-22
... in Tin Ma Court in Wong Tai Sin, but the three earlier cases came from the Central/Mid-Levels area, according to the health department's Centre for Health Protection (CHP). "Further genetic analysis r ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-21
... istrate's court heard that the officers were patrolling the Pat Heung neighborhood in Yuen Long when they noticed a cat carcass hung on a wire and a pot of boiling water on the ground. The cat's owne ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-21
... Superior Court on Monday, Jolie cited irreconcilable differences for seeking the dissolution of her marriage with Pitt, the news agency said. She sought full physical custody of their six children a ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-21
... nwhile, a court has declared Guangxi Nonferrous Metals Group Co. Ltd. bankrupt after it defaulted on a bond in February and missed a payment in April. The intermediate court in Guangxi's capital Nanni ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-20
A mainland woman has been sentenced to jail for five months and one week by a Hong Kong court Monday for assaulting a 54-year-old Hong Kong lady at an MTR train station earlier this year. The defenda ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-20
... a Monday court filing showed. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG/RA ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-20
... n federal court but Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York, said authorities would take their time. Rahami had not previously been identified as dangerous but his famil ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-20
... than the court of law. The Wukan crackdown is the latest in a long list of such incidents in the countryside, given that tens of millions of rural peasants across China have been subject to oppressio ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-19
China's supreme court says the brother of a disgraced one-time aide to former President Hu Jintao has been charged with receiving bribes. Ling Zhengce (令政策), the former deputy head of the parliamentar ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-19
... a Beijing court in July against Tesla and the Beijing-based dealer who had sold Gao the car. Tesla, in its statement, said it had "tried repeatedly to work with" Gao's family to determine the cause of ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-15
... k a local court to issue formal warrants to keep five of the suspects in custody. The other three have been released but are still banned from leaving the island. - Contact us at [email protected] TL/ ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-14
... k after a court sentenced Lin to three years in prison for taking bribes. The villagers believe the charges against Lin are trumped up. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA/RC ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-14
... district court on Monday that she lent her bank account to a compatriot, who then allowed a loan shark ring to use it without her knowledge for money laundering and collecting high-interest debts, He ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-13
... e supreme court in Manhattan, seeks at least US$18 million of damages, plus a declaration that the reinsurance participation agreements are void and against public policy. It shines a spotlight on a l ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-13
Ursula Advanced Employment Centre, which was handed a fine of HK$30,000 by a district court for overcharging three Indonesian domestic helpers earlier this month, is accused of being involved in anoth ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-12
... bitration court in The Hague ruled in July that China did not have historic rights to the South China Sea. Beijing said the naval exercises were intended to strengthen cooperation between China and Ru ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-12
... ed in the court on Thursday, the judge ordered them to pay the plaintiffs the litigation fees and warned they would be fined should they fail to stop the stench, news website hk01.com reported. – Cont ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-09
