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The three judges handpicked by the government to hear the case acquitted two of the defendants, former district councilors Lawrence Lau and Lee Yue-shun, making them the first national security ...
Lee Yue-shun speaks to media after being acquitted on national security charges in Hong Kong, China, on May 30, 2024. ... The trial brought the imposition of mainland legal concepts, mainland law ...
The two defendants acquitted were former district councilors Lee Yue-shun and Lawrence Lau. ... After Thursday’s verdicts for the 16 others who pleaded not guilty and underwent a non-jury trial ...
Lee in June 2020 after arrest. Lee Yue-shun (Chinese: 李予信) is a Hong Kong social worker and former District Councillor.Formerly a member of the pro-democracy Civic Party, Lee was arrested and charged in 2021 for subversion along with other Hong Kong 47 defendants.
The Hong Kong 47 is a group of 47 pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the Hong Kong national security law. [1]On 6 January 2021, 53 activists, former legislators, social workers and academics were arrested by the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force under the national security law over their organisation and ...
The media then revealed 29 defendants are to plead guilty to the charges, while the other 17 are to stand trial in the High Court, namely Gwyneth Ho, Owen Chow, Ray Chan, Lam Cheuk-ting, Leung Kwok-hung, Ricky Or, Mike Lam, Lee Yue-shun, Winnie Yu, Michael Pang, Kalvin Ho, Lawrence Lau, Helena Wong, Sze Tak-loy, Ng Kin-wai. 11 of those were ...
Acquitted were barrister Lawrence Lau and social worker Lee Yue-shun. "There are still other defendants in this case warranting our concern and even love," Lau said outside the court.
At the same time, four Civic Party defendants Alvin Yeung, Kwok Ka-ki, Jeremy Tam and Lee Yue-shun announced their resignations from the party, with Yeung resigning from the party. Barrister Alan Leong , chairman of the party, terminated his legal representation of the four. [ 15 ]