The Hong Kong police drew sharp rebuke from a local magistrate Thursday after officers failed to produce in court some photographic evidence related to a case against an Occupy protester. Magistrate C ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-15
Hong Kong's High Court will hear a petition Thursday by a British woman seeking same-sex partnership rights. The woman in her thirties, identified only as QT, filed for a judicial review after two fai ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-14
... ly when a court finds there is reasonable suspicion about a link to international terrorism. The strong support in the House by both Democrats and Republicans could increase pressure on Republican Sen ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-14
... asketball court on April 13. The suspect was arrested on a Saturday and held for 50 hours during which his family said he was unable to take his regular medication and his personal needs were not met. ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-13
Torture is still routine in Chinese jails, the Guardian reported Wednesday, citing a report by Human Rights Watch. Police flout regulations and courts ignore rules designed to exclude evidence and co ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-13
Amos Yee, the 16-year-old Singaporean who posted online a video criticizing the country's first prime minister, Lee Kwan Yew, shortly after his death in March, was found guilty by a Singapore court of ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-13
... argued in court that such arrangement was unnecessary because the suspect was wearing a baseball cap when the alleged crime was committed, so the victim would not have noticed his blonde hair. Instead ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-13
A US federal judge has ruled that Nomura and Royal Bank of Scotland misled investors in mortgage-backed securities. It is the first court verdict in a case that has lasted almost four years, the Finan ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-12
... asketball court in Mei Lam Estate while he was walking his dog on April 13. The police reviewed 800 hours of CCTV footage and arrested a 30-year-old male who is intellectually disabled and autistic. H ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-11
... iday. The court earlier heard that Meng Hongwei, who entered Hong Kong on April 3, appeared in front of the mansion late at night and told security guards he wanted to meet the Hong Kong tycoon. After ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-08
A US federal appeals court has ruled that a government spying program that systematically collects millions of Americans' phone records is illegal. The decision puts pressure on Congress to quickly de ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-08
Two men accused of obstructing police officers in their duties during the 2014 Occupy protests walked free from a court on Wednesday after the prosecutor dropped charges against them. Authorities drop ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-07
An Indian court has sentenced Bollywood star Salman Khan to five years in jail for killing a homeless man in a 2002 hit-and-run accident in Mumbai, BBC News reported. The victim was among five people ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-07
... citing a court official. In a US regulatory filing on Tuesday, JPMorgan said that in April it had been "notified that the authorities were formally investigating its role" in transactions financed by ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-07
... a federal court ruled that NSA’s collection of US phone metadata is “likely unconstitutional”. Second, he did not just reveal the secrets recklessly – as some would do when revealing secrets about na ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-06
... tter in a court of law. According to the agreement, the government can seek for compensation from MTR for any violations, but the amount is capped at HK$4.59 billion. This suggests that the government ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-06
A court upheld a four-month prison sentence against a 73-year-old man who had used a fake Hong Kong identity card to be able to work as a security guard. In seeking a deferred sentence for his client, ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-06
... a federal court in Nevada on Tuesday, Stephane Vanel and Kami Rahbaran sought compensation under laws meant to protect consumers and asked for status as a class action on behalf of ticket buyers, pay- ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-06
... e Supreme Court, Huckabee said the high court “cannot overturn the laws of nature or of nature’s God”. He also sought to portray himself as an outsider who would never win favor with the “Washington-t ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-06
... istrates’ Court Monday. -- Contact us at [email protected] TL/AC ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-04
