Hong Kong’s Department of Justice says it intends to appeal against the acquittal of two defendants in a landmark national security trial, known as "the Hong Kong 47".
Hong Kong ’s Department of Justice says it intends to appeal against the acquittal of two defendants in a landmark national security trial, known as "the Hong Kong 47". Fourteen other opposition politicians and activists have been found guilty of breaching the Beijing -imposed national security law They were prosecuted for participating in an unofficial legislative primary election in 2020, two weeks after the national security law took effect. Deborah Wong reports.
Hong Kong’s Department of Justice says it intends to appeal against the acquittal of two defendants in a landmark national security trial, known as "the Hong Kong 47". Fourteen other opposition politicians and activists have been found guilty of breaching the Beijing-imposed national security law They were prosecuted for participating in an unofficial legislative primary election in 2020, two weeks after the national security law took effect. Deborah Wong reports.
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