HK top court rejects gov’t appeal to block Jimmy Lai from hiring UK lawyer | Video

Hong Kong, Nov 29 (EFE/EPA).- Members of Hong Kong Bar Association held a press conference Tuesday after Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu asked the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, Beijing’s top legislative body, to interpret the city’s national security law.

The Hong Kong government’s last-ditch attempt to prevent a UK lawyer from defending fallen media tycoon Jimmy Lai in his upcoming national security trial has been dismissed by the city’s top court in a landmark ruling.

On Monday afternoon, three judges of Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal (CFA) ruled against the Department of Justice (DOJ), which sought to overturn an official permission previously granted to London-based King’s Counsel Timothy Owen to represent Lai in his high-profile trial, slated to begin on Thursday. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).

SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF HONG KONG BAR ASSOCIATION SPEAK TO REPORTERS IN THE BAR ASSOCIATION OFFICE IN HONG KONG.

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Date: 29/11/2022 12:00 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EPA
Topic: Crime, law and justice » Laws
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 89 seconds
Reference: 7001219706
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