Hong Kong's Cardinal Zen among six fined over fund for protesters

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The judge ruled that the fund “had political objectives and thus it was not established solely for charitable purposes”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

HONG KONG - One of Asia’s most senior Roman Catholic clerics, Cardinal Joseph Zen, 90, was found guilty of failing to register a now-disbanded fund for pro-democracy protesters and fined HK$4,000 on Friday by a Hong Kong court.

Four other trustees of the fund, including barrister Margaret Ng, scholar Hui Po-keung, politician Cyd Ho and singer Denise Ho were fined the same amount, while Sze Ching-wee, its secretary, was fined a smaller amount. The Vatican had expressed concern for the safety of Zen, though it stopped short of explicitly criticising authorities at the time.

 

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straits_times There must be a clear separation of state and church . Politics and religion should not be mixed together . Any religion must respect the constitution and refrain from subversion of the rule of law through illegal means .

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