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Hong Kong police issue arrest warrants and bounties for six activists

Dec. 24, 2024 06:56 AM EST

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police on Tuesday announced a fresh round of arrest warrants for six activists based overseas, with bounties set at $1 million Hong Kong dollars for information leading to their arrests. According to the warrants, the six are wanted for national security...

Hong Kong court convicts 7 men, including ex-lawmaker, of rioting during 2019 protests

Dec. 12, 2024 06:26 AM EST

HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong judge on Thursday convicted seven people, including a pro-democracy former lawmaker, of rioting during mob violence at a subway station at the height of the city’s anti-government protests in July 2019. Prosecutors accused former legislator Lam...

A jailed Hong Kong activist loses appeal over denial of early release under new security law

Dec. 06, 2024 04:56 AM EST

HONG KONG (AP) — A jailed Hong Kong activist lost his landmark legal challenge on Friday against the prison authorities' denial of early release under the new national security law. Ma Chun-man was serving a five-year term for inciting secession under a separate, Beijing-imposed...

Hong Kong will display 2,500 panda sculptures to capitalize on a local bear craze

Dec. 02, 2024 20:41 PM EST

HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists starting Saturday in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local theme park. The 2,500 exhibits were showcased in a launch ceremony of PANDA GO! FEST...

Hong Kong's top court rules in favor of equal inheritance and housing benefits for same-sex couples

Nov. 26, 2024 06:36 AM EST

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s top court on Tuesday upheld earlier rulings that favored subsidized housing benefits and equal inheritance rights for same-sex married couples, in a landmark victory for the city's LGBTQ+ community. The Court of Final Appeal's dismissal of the...

Mastermind of foiled Hong Kong bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years

Nov. 14, 2024 06:50 AM EST

HONG KONG (AP) — The mastermind behind a foiled bomb plot during anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019 has been jailed for nearly 24 years in the city's first case brought under an anti-terrorism law. Ng Chi-hung, who had previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit...

Hong Kong reporter says she'll sue Wall Street Journal for dismissal because of her union role

Nov. 12, 2024 04:15 AM EST

HONG KONG (AP) — A former Hong Kong reporter of The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday said she'll sue the publication for sacking her because she joined a trade union. Selina Cheng lost her job in July after a senior editor told her that her position was eliminated due to...

Hong Kong cuts liquor tax in an effort to reignite its nightlife industry

Oct. 16, 2024 08:31 AM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader announced a cut in liquor taxes on Wednesday, in a bid to revive the Asian financial hub's reputation as a travel destination with a vibrant nightlife and dining scene. After fulfilling Beijing’s long-standing imperative to enact a homegrown...

Hong Kong court sentences editor to 21 months in jail in a case seen as a barometer of press freedom

Sep. 26, 2024 19:23 PM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court sentenced a former editor of a shuttered news publication to 21 months in prison on Thursday in a sedition case widely seen as an indicator of media freedom in the city, once hailed as a beacon of press freedom in Asia. A second editor was freed after his...