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HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court on Friday approved bail for a student leader who is among four charged with advocating terrorism after their union passed a motion mourning the death of a 50-year-old who stabbed a police officer before killing himself. As part of the bail conditions, High Court Judge Esther Toh ordered Yung Chung-hei, 19, to pay HK$50,000 ($6,420) and his mother and uncle an additional HK$50,000 each for surety, reject media interviews, report to police four times a week and surrender his travel documents. Yung must obey a curfew, not contact foreign officials, not join any student organisations at an executive level, and not directly or indirectly do or say anything on public platforms that might contravene a national security law imposed by Beijing last year. Hong Kong laws prohibit publication of the content of bail hearings. Under the security law, a judge must believe a defendant will not continue to endanger national security if granted bail, a bar which h
HONG KONG - Four Hong Kong student leaders charged with "advocating terrorism" after their union passed a motion last month mourning the death of a 50-year-old who stabbed a policeman before killing himself were denied bail on Thursday (Aug 19). The four, aged 18-20 and all from the University of Hong Kong (HKU), are the latest democracy activists to be.
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