She said Lam Yin-pong, Stand News’ reporter who interviewed Leung, had repeatedly asked leading questions that allowed the politician to elaborate on his guilt about fleeing the city. Ng then turned to the reporter’s line of questioning. “He was implying Hong Kong Independence,” the prosecutor said, “why did you still let him talk about this on your platform?” Chung, repeating his answers from previous hearings, said the political ideologies of young politicians deserved to be documented. In it, the 36 year-old political figure said he wanted “two country, two systems” – referencing the “one country, two systems” model of governance applied to Hong Kong after the city’s handover to China. Report on Chow Hang-tung’s response to being honoured with the Prominent Chinese Democracy Activist award, published on December 5, 2021.Ī video – embedded in the allegedly “seditious” profile of Baggio Leung – was played in court.Feature about CUHK graduates’ march on campus to mourn the second anniversary of the police-student clash in 2019, published on November 11, 2021.Commentary by Au describing Hong Kong as a disaster scene after the implementation of national security law, published on June 22, 2021.Commentary by Au accusing the authorities of “lawfare” in usage of the sedition law, published on June 1, 2021.Commentary by Law paralleling the mass arrests of candidates in the democrats’ primaries to mass arrests during Taiwan’s white terror period, published on March 2, 2021.Commentary by Au calling a national security trial a show, published on February 3, 2021.Commentary by Allan Au, a veteran journalist, on “new words in 2020,” which included “national security,” “disqualified” and “in exile,” published on December 29, 2020.Commentary by Sunny Cheung, an activist in self-exile, responding to being wanted by the Hong Kong government, published on December 28, 2020.Feature interview with Baggio Leung, a former lawmaker in self-exile, as he called for sanctions on Hong Kong and a “lifeboat scheme for Hongkongers,” published on December 15, 2020.Feature interview with Ted Hui, a former lawmaker in self-exile, after he fled Hong Kong with his family, published on December 14, 2020. Commentary by Law on “resilience in a chaotic world,” published on December 13, 2020.Profile of Law on his “battlefront” of calling for sanctions on the Hong Kong government in the UK, published on December 9, 2020.Commentary by Nathan Law, a former lawmaker now in self-exile, on “how to resist” under the national security law, published on September 20, 2020.Commentary by Chan Pui-man, Apple Daily’s former associate publisher, criticising speech crimes, published on September 12, 2020.Profile of Fergus Leung, a candidate in the 2020 legislative primaries held by the pro-democracy camp, published on August 12, 2020.Profile of Owen Chow, a candidate in the 2020 legislative primaries held by the pro-democracy camp, published on July 27, 2020.Profile of Gwyneth Ho, a candidate in the 2020 legislative primaries held by the pro-democracy camp, published on July 7, 2020.How would the public possibly hear of this if the media didn’t report it?” Ng said. “We, even as legal professionals, didn’t know about the judgement either. Photo: HKFP.Ĭhung paused for a few seconds and said, “as a member of the Department of Justice who is executing the national security law, you said you didn’t know the judgement yourself…yet, you blame the press for that.” The lead prosecutor Laura Ng on 17 March, 2023. “I didn’t know it because the press, including your outlet, didn’t report on it,” the prosecutor replied. In response, Chung said he noticed that almost no outlet had reported that particular part of the judgement: “ou too had never heard about that section before the judge mentioned it to you in court.” Lead prosecutor Laura Ng followed up and asked Chung the same question again during Friday’s hearing. Kwok, one of the city’s handpicked national security judges, asked Chung on Tuesday why a commentary published by the non-profit outlet did not mention a section in a judgement assuring judicial independence, even when national security judges are chosen by Hong Kong’s leader. The duo appeared before Judge Kwok Wai-kin at the Wan Chai District Court as the sedition trial – which began last October and was supposed to last 20 days – entered its 42nd day. Stand News trial: Hong Kong court hears debate over media coverage on designated national security judges - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP Close
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