New bill includes lengthy prison terms for offences such as treason and longer sentences for acts deemed to be sedition. Hong Kong’s Legislative Council has begun debating the draft of a new national security law for the Chinese territory after Chief Executive John Lee said it should be passed at “full speed”. “The Hong Kong SAR can then focus its …
Court dismisses Samuel Bickett’s appeal against his conviction for assaulting a plainclothes police officer during the 2019 protests. An American corporate lawyer, convicted last July of striking a plainclothes police officer during the 2019 Hong Kong protests, is back in prison after his appeal was dismissed. Toh reasoned that the officer in Bickett’s case was justified in striking with a …
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An American corporate lawyer was sentenced to prison in Hong Kong on Tuesday for assaulting a …
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, center, is taken into custody after the verdict on April 20, 2020, at Chauvin’s trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Sentencing for former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s death has been pushed back to June 25, according to online court records. A brief entry Tuesday in the …
