The bribery charge against former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen will not be tried for the third time unless the court agrees, prosecutor David Perry said on Monday. According to Perry, the pro ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-07
A High Court judge overseeing the bribery trial of former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang Yam-kuen has dismissed the jury after it failed to reach a verdict on Friday despite 14 hours of deliberations. ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
... left the court with his wife after thanking the judge. Answering a reporter's question, he said he would try to rest early on Thursday night. The jury, consisting of four men and four women, retired ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
... ased on a court ruling. What is needed now is a renewed political vision, an inclusive dialogue. Realistically, that vision can only be of a multicultural, multilingual, federal state embedded in a mu ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
... ed by the court for acts deemed insulting to the national flag. Activist Koo Sze Yiu was sentenced to nine months in jail for insulting the national flag during a July 1 protest in 2012. In fact, loca ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-02
An Uzbek immigrant suspected of killing eight people in New York City by plowing a truck into cyclists and pedestrians on a bike path was charged in federal court on Wednesday with acting on behalf of ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-02
A West Kowloon magistrates' court has sentenced a social activist to three months in jail after finding him guilty of attacking former chief executive Leung Chun-ying with an allegedly smelly sandwich ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-01
... on to the court to sue the lessor of the lodging, the online platform used, and even the tenant or guest. But short-term tenancy has been going on for many years; it will be hard to eliminate. Even af ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-31
... es in the Court of Final Appeal have said several times that they do not see any attempts by Beijing to interfere with litigations in Hong Kong. Yuen's remarks echoed what Zhang Xiaoming, director of ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-30
So far six pan-democratic lawmakers have been disqualified by the court for having failed to take their oath of office properly. As a result, the pro-democracy camp no longer holds the majority of sea ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-30
... a higher court trial. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-30
Australia’s High Court ruled on Friday that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is ineligible to remain in parliament, a stunning decision that cost the government its one-seat parliamentary majority ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-27
A police superintendent who once handled anti-triad operations appeared in an Eastern Magistrates' court on Wednesday, facing a trial on multiple charges including bribery, Apple Daily reports. Ng Wai ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-25
... e appeals court jailed Wong, 21, Law, 24 and Alex Chow Yong-kang, 27, in August. Their sentencing came as a blow to the youth-led push for universal suffrage and prompted accusations of political inte ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-24
... left the courtroom in Brooklyn federal court, where Johnson was on trial for nearly four weeks. Johnson, a 51-year-old British citizen, was the first banker to be tried in the United States as a resu ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-24
... Superior Court Judge Maren Nelson marked the latest setback facing women and family members who accuse J&J of not adequately warning consumers about the cancer risks of its talc-based products, R ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-23
... ed by the court so far, members of the pro-establishment camp are now calling the shots in both the geographical and functional constituencies, thereby presenting them with a golden opportunity to pro ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-20
... which the court is making its decisions in accordance with the law, but rather, the way in which the executive branch is making and using the law in the course of governance. In her recent policy addr ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-19
... ed by the court intrigue. The two questions that really matter are whether China’s consumer-led growth will stall; and whether the BRI will be abandoned. Neither would be good for the global economy. ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-19
