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Committee for Safeguarding National Security says it supports a legal change ‘as soon as possible’. Source link

On December 30, the country’s top legislative body ruled that Hong Kong’s leader and the city’s Committee for Safeguarding National Security should decide whether foreign lawyers would be permitted to take part in sensitive trials. The ruling marked the first time the standing committee had issued an interpretation of the …

“It is still for the court to decide on other issues and the outcome of the case. The chief executive does not usurp the function of the court,” Lam wrote in an opinion piece for the Post. “The arrangement in this respect does not impair the independent judicial power of …

High Court has scheduled sessions for December 14 and 19 for high-profile case involving founder of now-closed Apple Daily newspaper. Source link

Justice department had taken case to higher courts in rarely seen all-out effort to block an overseas lawyer from joining local trial. Source link