Tag: Legal proceedings

Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio wants her impeachment trial to go ahead, days after her allies outperformed at the midterm election that could add to her bloc of supporters in the Senate. Duterte-Carpio said her...

Bangladesh started the first trial on Sunday at a special court prosecuting former senior figures connected to the ousted government of Sheikh Hasina, the chief prosecutor said. The court in the capital Dhaka accepted...

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam emphasized that the 6,000 people who were arrested but not charged during the 2019 protests should be able to go about their lives normally. He made it clear in...

Jailed Media Tycoon Denies Calls for Sanctions Jailed media mogul Jimmy Lai has vehemently denied making any indirect calls for sanctions on Hong Kong following the implementation of the Beijing-imposed national security law in 2020....

Hong Kong's highest court has rejected an attempt to overturn the convictions of media mogul Jimmy Lai and six other activists for their involvement in the 2019 pro-democracy protests. Lai, who founded the now-closed...

A former Hong Kong lawmaker, Chim Pui-chung, along with his son Ricky Chim Kim-lun and businesswoman Wong Poe-lai, has been sentenced to prison for a complex conspiracy to defraud involving a publicly listed company...

Hong Kong Activist Challenges Sedition Conviction in Landmark AppealIn a groundbreaking appeal at the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) in Hong Kong, prominent activist Tam Tak-chi, also known as "Fast Beat," is...