Monday, February 12, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Are Hong Kong civil servants overstepping their powers in banning election candidates?
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2132903/are-hong-kong-civil-servants-overstepping-their-powers

Two die in Hong Kong police car chase, raising questions about officer’s actions
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2132958/two-die-hong-kong-police-car-chase-raising-questions-about

香港民主党派大游行 要律政司长下台 (Pro-democracy groups march in Hong Kong and demand justice chief Teresa Cheng to step down)
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hc-02112018140515.html

Tai Po bus crash: Hong Kong gov’t to set up inquiry as death toll rises to 19
Hong Kong Free Press, February 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/11/tai-po-bus-crash-hong-kong-govt-set-inquiry-death-toll-rises-19/

Related:
工會促正視工時長、低工資、兼職問題 (Trade union urges bus company to address issues including long hours, low pay and drivers working part-time after deadly crash)
Mingpao, February 11, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180211/s00001/1518325274465

Anson Chan slams Hong Kong’s “naked political screening” as she receives US justice prize
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2132885/anson-chan-slams-hong-kongs-naked-political-screening-she

Related:
黨報引內地學者轟終院裁決:邏輯矛盾、姑息放縱、法治權威不彰 (Party mouthpiece quotes mainland academia and slams ruling of Occupy activists by Court of Final Appeal as contradictory, lenient, and without judiciary authority)
Stand News, February 12, 2018
http://bit.ly/2nZPQl6

Appeal denied for protester who assaulted police during Mong Kok unrest
Hong Kong Free Press, February 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/10/appeal-denied-protester-assaulted-police-mong-kok-unrest/