Hong Kong judge explains bail decisions in city’s largest national security law case involving 47 politicians and activists
Madam Justice Esther Toh lays out reasons for granting bail to Democratic Party lawmaker Helena Wong and district councillor Cheng Tat-hung
Legislation’s stringent bail test means defendants are more likely to be held in remand until trial
Sunday, 28 Feb 2021 08:39 PM MYT
Pro-democracy activists Helena Wong Pik-wan (2nd left) and Jimmy Sham (2nd right) speak to the media as they arrive to report to the police station over national security law charges, in Hong Kong February 28, 2021. Reuters pic
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HONG KONG, Feb 28 Forty-seven Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners and activists were charged today with conspiracy to commit subversion in the largest single crackdown on the opposition under a China-imposed national security law.
Among them was Sam Cheung, a 27-year-old activist and a participant in an unofficial primary election last summer, who was charged after reporting to a local police station.
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