Hong Kong court upholds decision for no jury at first national security trial

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal upheld on Tuesday a court decision to deny a trial by jury to the first person charged under a new national security law, a landmark decision that marks a departure from the global financial hub’s common law tradition.

“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.“When personal safety of jurors and their family members is under threat and due administration of justice might be impaired, there is a real risk that the goal of a fair trial by jury will be put in peril.

It was the first day on which the security law that Beijing imposed on the city, targeting what China deems as secession, separatism, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces, was in force. Tong, 24, was charged with inciting separatism and terrorism. Tong then filed for a judicial review of the decision, which High Court Judge Alex Lee in the Court of First Instance rejected.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

This is bull s h i t. A jury is the bedrock of a real court/legal system.

This dystopian bullshit going on in Hong Kong is outrageous.

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