Magistrate Andrew Ma Hon-cheung lamented the housing problems Hongkongers face, Apple Daily reported Wednesday. Ma was hearing in a court in Sha Tin on Tuesday some of the more than 800 complaints th ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
... h minute, courtesy of a nice header by Bai He. Within two minutes, Hong Kong’s Godfred Karikari found the net again to make it 3-2 with a stunning strike. Hong Kong team gave it all they got but could ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
... a church court must be automatically reviewed by another set of judges. The rules also establish a new “fast-track trial”, to be judged by the local bishop, who can grant an annulment in less than tw ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
... ared in a court in Sha Tin Monday. They were among 326 accused of registering false addresses with the Registration and Electoral Office (REO). However, many cases were dropped after it was revealed t ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
Hong Kong's highest court has moved to a new home -- the former Legislative Council building in Central. And to mark the move, the Court of Final Appeal unveiled a new logo inspired by the historic 10 ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
A 52-year-old divorced man was believed to have killed his two sons, aged eight and 10, before committing suicide in their flat at Kam Ying Court in Ma On Shan, police said. Initial investigation sugg ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
An Egyptian court has sentenced two belly dancers to six months in jail for inciting debauchery. The case of Suha Mohammed Ali and Dalia Kamal Youssef -- known in the trade as the Egyptian Shakira and ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
... S Supreme Court in June ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry under the US Constitution, citing her beliefs as a Born-Again Christian. "Marriage is a union between one man and one woman, ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
... id a High Court order is required to transfer the operating license of a vehicle from a dead person to related parties. The department is working with the police to determine if the crane had been ope ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-02
Invoking God's authority, a Kentucky county clerk defied the US Supreme Court and stood by her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has refused to issue ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-02
Hong Kong's High Court has dropped criminal contempt charges against 17 activists on procedural grounds. Justice Anderson Chow ruled that the Department of Justice (DOJ) failed to file a summons withi ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
... told the court that he only knew a lot of people were gathered at the shopping mall on March 8, but it was not clear to him why. The magistrate called his testimony "overly dishonest", saying it was ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
... a case in court with, quote, ‘creating a disturbance’ or ‘picking a quarrel’ – two of the vague offenses under which lawyers and others have been prosecuted,” Malinowski said. Also of special concern ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
... kangaroo courts are not uncommon in rural regions and caste-discrimination remains widespread, despite being illegal. In northern parts of India, these village councils known as "Khap Panchayats" act ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
... Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Bashir in 2009 and 2010, accusing him of masterminding genocide and other atrocities in his campaign to crush a revolt in the western Darfur region, Re ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
... istrate's Court on Sept. 2, accused of taking part in an unlawful assembly and inciting others to participate, according Apple Daily. Supporters holding yellow umbrellas, symbol of last year's street ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... lenged to court new friends, but also struggling to manage its own weakening economy, is not interested in reviving a friendship with a country that seems to have made it a point of principle never to ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... istrates' Court on Thursday, RTHK reported. However, no plea was taken, and the case was adjourned to Oct. 22. She was remanded in custody. The prosecution said there was no eyewitness and the woman w ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... ording to court documents cited by Apple Daily. The crimes took place between 2013 and 2014 and involved 30 victims who lost a combined HK$189 million. Only three agreed to come to Hong Kong to testif ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... uoted the Court of Final Appeal’s verdict on a related case. The court said a criminal prosecution should only be pursued when the relevant conduct exceeds sensible proportions or the bounds of reason ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
