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Cash and Carrie: US-sanctioned Hong Kong leader has no bank account

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 28 01:47 PM

"I have piles of cash at home, the government is paying me cash for my salary." Read more »

HK radio host arrested under nat'l security law, for money-laundering for protesters' study in Taiwan

Kathleen Magramo, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 22 08:16 AM

Wan Yiu-sing, from internet radio channel D100, was arrested with his wife at their home, according to the couple’s lawyer. His program discusses last year’s anti-government movement, with a crowdfunding page for donations to demonstrators. Read more »

US targets more Chinese government officials with sanctions over Hong Kong crackdown

Robert Delaney, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 10 12:31 PM

Four more people are targeted under Trump administration’s efforts to pressure Beijing over the city’s national security law. Read more »

Carrie Lam hails ‘timely and essential’ nat'l security law in opening remarks at HK’s legal week

Christy Leung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 03 12:54 PM

Chief executive says she will continue to back legislation without fear despite continued attacks by foreign governments. And Hong Kong's top judge defends the city’s judiciary against suggestions its independence has been compromised by the new law. Read more »

HK police to launch nat'l security hotline to help officers enforce Beijing-imposed law

Christy Leung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 29 01:25 PM

The national security unit of the police is set to open multi-platform channel as early as November to gather intelligence from the public, sources say. Informants’ identities will be protected, and information will be shared only among national security police, according to sources. Read more »

Hong Kong police detain 3 under national security law

Jessie Pang, Reuters
Posted at Oct 27 11:09 PM

Hong Kong police on Tuesday detained three people under the city's contentious national security law on suspicion of publishing content to incite others to secede from China.   Read more »

Jimmy Lai takes Hong Kong police to court seeking return of materials seized in office raid

Jasmine Siu, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Oct 20 02:10 PM

Lawyers for the media mogul have asked for an injunction preventing the review of any documents that fall outside scope of warrant. The raid by the newly formed national security unit led to boxes of materials being removed from Lai’s office over the course of an hour last Thursday. Read more »

Hong Kong police’s national security unit raids private office of media mogul Jimmy Lai

Clifford Lo and Jeffie Lam, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 15 07:48 PM

Plain-clothes officers arrived at the office in Millennium City and seized boxes of documents during an hour-long raid. Lai was not on the premises at the time, and no one was arrested. Read more »

Nat'l Security law: How residents in a HK district became neighbors with an intelligence agency

Jack Lau, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 08 02:02 PM

A hundred days after Hong Kong adopted a sweeping national security law, residents in a leafy middle-class neighborhood appear to have taken in their stride the presence of a mysterious new institution in their midst, even as some expressed uneasiness about frequent police patrols. Read more »

Nearly 40 nations demand China respect Uighur human rights

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 07 07:00 AM

The US, Japan and many EU nations joined a call on Tuesday urging China to respect the human rights of minority Uighurs, and also expressing concern about the situation in Hong Kong. Read more »

Hong Kong leader hails 'return to peace', anniversary protests banned

Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 01 01:40 PM

Hong Kong's leader Thursday hailed her city's "return to peace" after China imposed a security law that helped quash last year's huge democracy movement, as thousands of police were on standby to stamp out any fresh protests during National Day celebrations. Read more »

Australian judge quits Hong Kong court over security law: report

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 18 10:24 PM

The law outlaws acts of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces and carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 10, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 04:53 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Hong Kong flexes powers under new security law

AP Photo
Posted at Aug 10 05:32 PM

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, center, is arrested by police on Monday on suspicion of collusion with foreign powers under the new national security law. Read more »

'Night fell': Hong Kong's first month under China security law

Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 10 01:48 PM

A political earthquake has coursed through the former British colony since the national security law came into effect on 30 June. Read more »

China suspends extradition treaty with New Zealand over Hong Kong

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 03 06:12 PM

China on Monday announced the suspension of an extradition agreement with New Zealand, which has recently suspended its handover treaty with Hong Kong, the Chinese territory where a controversial national security law came into effect in June. Read more »

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong says 'resistance will continue'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 03:01 PM

Hong Kong, China -- Hong Kong's democracy camp will continue to fight Beijing's crackdown on political freedoms, prominent dissident Joshua Wong said Friday after he and other activists were barred from standing for election. Read more »

Hong Kong disqualifications, arrests deepen purge fears

Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 06:03 AM

Leading Hong Kong democracy campaigners were disqualified Thursday from upcoming elections after four student activists were arrested for social media posts, sparking warnings of a new "terror" under authoritarian China. Read more »

Australia offers safe haven to Hong Kongers

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 09 03:15 PM

In steps certain to anger Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government was suspending its extradition agreement with Hong Kong and offering thousands of Hong Kongers in Australia on temporary visas a pathway to permanent residency.   Read more »

Japan, U.S., Australia express "deep concern" over H.K. security law

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 08 12:51 PM

Japan, the United States and Australia on Wednesday expressed "deep concern" over China's recent implementation of a sweeping security law in Hong Kong that is feared will restrict human rights and freedoms in the territory. Read more »