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Hong Kong court dismisses Jimmy Lai’s challenge to ban on representation by British lawyer

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Hong Kong court dismisses Jimmy Lai’s challenge to ban on representation by British lawyer

Callysta Sugiarto | HKU Faculty of Law, CN/HK

May 23, 2023 11:35:59 am

A Hong Kong court has dismissed an attempt by jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai to overturn a decision barring his British lawyer from representing him in an upcoming trial under the national security law. Lai had sought a judicial review after Hong Kong’s National Security Committee ruled that allowing barrister Timothy Owen to represent Lai [...]

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