Hong Kong Rule of Law Monitor 香港法治監察

Tag: department of justice

Court refuses DOJ attempt to re-arrest acquitted protestors

In January 2023, the DOJ applied to court to re-arrest nine individuals who had already been tried and acquitted of unlawful assembly and riot charges. DOJ prosecutor Ivan Cheung sought the arrest warrants to prevent those individuals from leaving Hong Kong pending the prosecution’s appeal. The judge refused the warrants as these individuals had already…

March 27, 2023

criminal law, department of justice, protestors, public order
Why does Tong Ying Kit have to pay HK$1.38m to the Department of Justice?

Tong has now been slapped with court orders to pay HK$1.38m in costs to the Department of Justice, which may well bankrupt him. Costs orders in this kind of situation are wrong in principle because the litigation involves issues of general public importance, and more importantly, because these costs orders punish those who try to…

July 23, 2022

costs orders, department of justice, NSL, prosecutors, secession, terrorism, Tong Ying Kit