US prosecutors charged 16 people, including soccer bosses from across South and Central America, with multimillion-dollar bribery schemes for marketing and broadcast rights. Court documents showed tha ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
South Africa's "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius was found guilty on Thursday of murdering his girlfriend, in an appeal court ruling that could see him sent back to prison for at least 15 years. The Supr ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
... istrates' court. It pleaded guilty to selling expired and improperly marked food in three Wellcome stores in Tak Bo Garden in Kowloon Bay, Jade Mansion in Yau Ma Tei and Infinity Eight in Clearwater B ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-03
... apply for court order to block a specific internet website from being browsed within Hong Kong. The danger lies in the potential misuse of the law to curb the freedom of expression and privacy of comm ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-03
... istrates' Court. He said he did so after he lost a Rolex watch worth HK$30,000 to a prostitute he hired for a body massage but he did not want his wife to know the truth. The court heard that he told ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-03
Asia Television Ltd. (ATV) executive director Yip Ka-bo was handed a HK$150,000 fine in court on Wednesday after he was found guilty of 100 counts of failure to pay his employees' wages on time. Yip s ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-03
A former top court judge has criticized the misuse of the judicial review system, noting that people have been filing frivolous review applications against decisions taken by the government and public ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-03
... rmer High Court judge, should come forth to answer questions in a new conference, even though he wasn't in office last year. Ip Kwok-him, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hon ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-02
... istrates' Court and was taken to hospital before she returned later and admitted she had taken the life jacket as a souvenir, Headline Daily reported. The court heard that He arrived in Hong Kong from ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-02
A Philippine court found a US Marine guilty of killing a transgender woman, jailing him for six to 12 years in a case that has reignited debate over the American military presence in its former colony ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-02
... e used in court but could influence pending lawsuits by families and test relations between Airbus and its top Asian customer, the news agency said. British lawyer James Healy-Pratt said the report in ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-02
A High Court judge has granted permission for the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) to be included in the trial regarding an injunction against leaking of the proceedings of a University of Hon ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
... chases, a court filing released on Monday shows. The documents are believed to be the first time the government has provided details of its so-called national security letters, which are used by the F ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
... ording to court documents. They received HK$130,000 (US$16,770) to HK$250,000 from the sale of land rights. The small house policy (SHP), introduced in 1972, grants male indigenous inhabitants of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
... es – food courts inside the shopping malls. Whether it is called Food Republic or Kopitiam Singapore, they are more or less the same, offering fast food of so-so quality. Even in a dish of char kway t ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-28
... s highest court being overruled in Beijing on the question of right of abode. The process moved swiftly on with attempts, thankfully thwarted, to implement draconian anti-subversion laws and a program ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-28
A Chinese court released on medical parole an elderly journalist jailed for leaking a Communist Party document to foreign media, The Wall Street Journal reported. In a hearing Thursday, the Beijing hi ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-27
... orce. The courts will no longer award guardianship of a child. Instead, arrangement orders will be issued on which parent will live with the child and allow the other to visit. If a major decision on ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-26
... stern Law Court dismissed the case against 34-year-old Sri Devi Yatemo, saying that there was no evidence to prove her guilt, Sing Tao Daily reported. Mak and his wife had both testified in court earl ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-26
... HKU won a court injunction last month against further leaks following the broadcast by Commercial Radio of two excerpts from the council's discussion about whether to appoint former HKU law dean Johan ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-26
