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NLJ this week: Hong Kong justice?

25 June 2021
Issue: 7938 / Categories: Legal News , International justice
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In Hong Kong, the right to a fair trial is fast becoming hypothetical, with a recent police shooting case resulting in the gunshot victim convicted and given a heavy sentence for attacking officers with a paper cutter―despite the video evidence not supporting the prosecution case ‘at all’
Writing in this week’s NLJ, Dr Ping-fat Sze, barrister and criminal law specialist, relays the details of this distressing case and concludes: ‘In terms of the rule of law, Hong Kong is sinking fast.’ 
Issue: 7938 / Categories: Legal News , International justice
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