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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 17, 2021

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Updated as of Aug 16 03:15 PM

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Arrests of media people in Hong Kong

Anthony Wallace, AFP
Updated as of Jun 17 05:40 PM

Apple Daily editor-in-chief Ryan Law is escorted by police to a waiting vehicle outside the entrance of the Apple Daily newspaper offices in Hong Kong on June 17, 2021.  Read more »

HK national security police arrest Apple Daily executives, seize reporting materials

Sharon Tam, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 17 11:55 AM

It was the second time for police to raid the Apple Daily headquarters; 200 officers went in last year to arrest its owner Jimmy Lai on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces. Read more »

47 Hong Kong opposition figures charged with subversion

Brian Wong, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 01 01:41 PM

Forty-seven Hong Kong opposition figures charged over their roles in an unofficial primary election last July are now facing the possibility of life in prison after a magistrate granted prosecutors’ request to move their trial to the High Court, where no cap on sentencing applies.   Read more »

Tiananmen crackdown: Ban on vigil but Hongkongers make plans to mark June 4

Phila Siu, Jeffie Lam and Ng Kang-chung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 01 01:18 PM

Since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong last June banning acts of subversion, secession, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces, concerns have mounted that the organisers of the vigil, as well as those who attend it, risk being held in breach of the law. Read more »

Pro-democracy activists appear in Hong Kong court

Peter Parks, AFP
Posted at May 31 06:32 PM

The 47 are charged with subversion under the law for participating in an unofficial primary election, which was scheduled for last year but later postponed.  Read more »

Jailed HK tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 14 months for Oct. 1 illegal assembly

Jessie Pang and James Pomfret, Reuters
Posted at May 28 01:16 PM

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai was given a new prison sentence of 14 months on Friday over his role in an unauthorized assembly on Oct. 1, 2019, during one of the city's pro-democracy rallies that year. Read more »

China reveals foreigner jailed for 11 years, mainland students arrested over Hong Kong protests

William Zheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 16 12:59 PM

Top law enforcement agency releases details of four national security cases involving mainland students. State television also gives more information on the case of a Chinese-born Belize businessman who was prosecuted a year ago. Read more »

China’s top legislative body to weigh overhaul of Hong Kong political system next week

Jeffie Lam and Lilian Cheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 23 01:29 PM

The apex body of the national Chinese legislature is set to endorse the drastic shake-up of Hong Kong’s electoral system in a two-day meeting starting next Monday.   Read more »

Hong Kong emigration wave takes toll on its least political residents - its pets

Yoyo Chow, Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 05:26 PM

Increasing numbers of pets have been abandoned by people in Hong Kong who cannot afford the travel arrangements or are unable to take their companions with them, veterinarians and animal shelter owners say.   Read more »

Hong Kong electoral reforms prevent 'dictatorship of the majority,' says pro-Beijing lawmaker

Yew Lun Tian, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 06 10:51 PM

(UPDATED) - China's proposal for Hong Kong electoral reforms could prevent "dictatorship of the majority", a pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker said, calling people who want one man one vote "politically immature". Read more »

What is love? Beijing desires unconditional loyalty from Hong Kong

Greg Torode and Marius Zaharia, Reuters
Posted at Feb 28 12:24 AM

Xia Baolong, director of China's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, has said the electoral system in the global financial hub needs to be changed to allow only "patriots" to govern.   Read more »

Nearly 5,000 Hong Kong citizens sign up for new UK visa - The Times

Reuters
Posted at Feb 18 09:12 AM

Nearly 5,000 Hong Kong citizens have applied for visas to live, work and study in the United Kingdom since changes that make it easier for people in the Asian financial hub to be granted entry, The Times newspaper reported. Read more »

Veteran Hong Kong activists on trial over huge democracy rally

Su Xinqi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 17 06:21 PM

Veteran Hong Kong activists flashed protest salutes and accused authorities of "political persecution" as they went on trial Tuesday for organizing one of the biggest democracy protests to engulf the city in 2019. Read more »

National security law: What you need to know about decision to hold trial without jury

Tony Cheung, Chris Lau and Jasmine Siu, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 12 02:17 PM

Tong Ying-kit will be tried by a panel of three judges at the city’s High Court in unprecedented move. Other countries have occasionally done the same but there are some shortcomings to the process.  Read more »

National Security Law: Hong Kong leader honors police top brass sanctioned by US

Danny Lee, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 11 01:26 PM

Carrie Lam awards seven serving and retired police leaders in recognition of their public service contributions. Among the recipients are Commissioner of Police Chris Tang, deputy commissioner Edwina Lau and former commissioner Stephen Lo. Read more »

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail in national security case

James Pomfret, Reuters
Posted at Feb 09 11:16 AM

Hong Kong's top court denied bail on Tuesday to media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person to be charged under the city's national security law. Read more »

Hong Kong unveils national security guidelines for children aged six and above

Reuters
Posted at Feb 05 01:11 PM

Hong Kong has unveiled controversial guidelines for schools in the Chinese-ruled city that include teaching students as young as six about foreign interference and subversion as part of a new national security curriculum. Read more »

UK opens special visa route for Hong Kong residents to become citizens

Reuters
Posted at Jan 31 08:57 AM

Hong Kong residents can apply from Sunday for a new visa offering them an opportunity to become British citizens after Beijing's imposition of a national security law in the Asian financial hub last year. Read more »

5 Hong Kong democracy protesters seek asylum in the US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 09:56 PM

Five Hong Kong democracy protesters who reportedly fled to Taiwan have arrived in the United States intending to seek asylum, an activist group said on Saturday. Read more »