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...the Hong Kong government has refused to make the list of designated judges public, claiming that doing so could create security risks judges who have been so named.
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The appeal will be heard by five judges, Chief Justice Andrew Cheung, Judges Roberto Ribeiro, Joseph Fok, Patrick Chan, and Frank Stock.
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" Although jury trial is the conventional mode of trial in the Court of First Instance, it should not be assumed to be the only means of achieving fairness in the criminal process," according to a summary of the decision by judges Jeremy Poon, Wally Yeung and Johnson Lam.
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案件本周五早上9時半將在高等法院上訴庭進行指示聆訊，司法機構網頁一度標記「HC Judge 1」，到傍晚揭曉是上訴庭法官彭偉昌。
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The verdict will be delivered on July 27 by a panel of three judges; Esther Toh, Anthea Pang and Wilson Chan - who were picked by Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader to hear national security cases.
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案件並非根據《香港國安法》起訴，但主審法官胡雅文是行政長官林鄭月娥根據該法選任的「國安法指定法官」。
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理工大學男學生呂世瑜涉利用住所作武器庫，收藏胡椒球彈及手槍等物品，被指違反國安法。案件今（28日）在區域法院提堂，辯方透露呂擬承認煽動他人分裂國家罪，其餘的無牌管有槍械罪及管有攻擊性武器罪，則獲控方不提證供起訴。法官郭偉健押後案件至明年2月25日答辯，被告期間繼續還柙。
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All his works would be handled by magistrate Peter Law Tak-Chuen temporarily.
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中共在港喉舌大公和文彙兩報對終審法院日前裁定再度收押涉嫌觸犯香港國安法的黎智英，是"正確決定，眾望所歸"，又對終院首席法官馬道立、常任法官張舉能和李義三人盛讚一番，形容裁決是"撥亂反正"的第一步。
- ↑ "One City, Two Legal Systems: Hong Kong Judges' Role in Rights Violations under the National Security Law | Congressional-Executive Commission on China". www.cecc.gov. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ↑ Wu, Willa (11 September 2023). "Hong Kong Bar Association chief warns any US sanctions on judges pose 'real threat' to judiciary's hunt for top talent" . South China Morning Post . Archived from the original on 15 December 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
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