Sunday 22 May, 2022
Joseph Zen was released shortly before the White House issued a statement demanding he be freed “immediately”.
Carrie Lam spoke after her successor John Lee was elected unopposed by a pro-Beijing committee.
John Lee, who oversaw the crackdown on Hong Kong’s democracy movement, was appointed Hong Kong leader on Sunday by a small committee of Beijing loyalists.
Deaths from Covid-19 in Hong Kong have fallen from a high of almost 300 per day in March to zero in recent days.
Lam’s five years in office saw massive pro-democracy protests and the implementation of a controversial national security law.
The city has recorded nearly a million infections and more than 4,600 deaths in the last three months.
The city is struggling to cope with a record number of cases and healthcare facilities are beginning to overflow.
The cull was approved after a number of hamsters in a pet shop tested positive for Covid-19.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam made the announcement, but did not outline what the new crimes would be.
The Royal Caribbean’s Spectrum of the Seas ship was forced to return a day early from a cruise.
Reporters made clear their decision was fuelled by fears caused by a national security police raid last week on Stand News.
Police raised the Stand News office on Wednesday.
More than 200 officers were deployed to search the Stand News newsroom.
The eight-metre high “Pillar of Shame” has sat on the University of Hong Kong’s campus since 1997.
It is the first legislature poll under the new political blueprint China imposed on Hong Kong following massive pro-democracy protests two years ago.
Jimmy Lai has already been jailed for taking part in pro-democracy protests.
Lai, the 74-year-old owner of the now-shuttered pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, was found guilty of unlawful assembly charges.
The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China was under investigation.
Colombian authorities seized 3,493 shark fins and 117 kilos of fish bladders that were en route to Hong Kong.
Carrie Lam said the anti-foreign sanctions law should be adopted in Hong Kong through local legislation
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The move comes as China and the United States are at odds over a range of foreign policy and trade issues.
Police are investigating Olympic Games fans who booed China’s national anthem during a public screening at a shopping centre.
The arrests come after months of massive anti-government protests rocked the territory.
Apple Daily was founded by tycoon Jimmy Lai in 1995.
Police searched the newspaper’s offices in another move sparking concern about the future of the free press in the territory.
Organisers of the June 4 Museum said they were seeking legal advice.
The 73-year-old is currently serving a separate 14-month jail term for convictions related to other unauthorised rallies in 2019.
So-called “exit bans” are often used in mainland China against activists who challenge authorities and have impacted business figures like Irishman Richard O’Halloran.
1.7 million people turned out for the demonstration in 2019.
The amendments to Hong Kong’s constitution will give Beijing more control over the make-up of the city’s legislature.
Police arrested 55 of the city’s best-known pro-democracy campaigners last month.
Jimmy Lai is one of several activists facing long-jail terms over new laws prompted by the Hong Kong anti-government protests.
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the law “makes a mockery of justice”.
One pro-democracy lawmaker said the removal of their colleagues could sound the “death knell” for Hong Kong’s democracy.
The move follows a resolution passed in Beijing partly aimed to combat supporters of Hong Kong independence.
Those arrested include current and former opposition legislators.
He’s the first public political figure to be prosecuted under a new national security law imposed on the city.
Irish journalist Aaron Mc Nicholas has returned from the territory and here, he documents the daily challenges faced by journalists and other activists in a politically tense Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong government first banned the wearing of masks last year.
Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers defied a ban on rallies in June to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests.
