[ad_1] HONG KONG: A fire in a large, mostly residential building in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning killed at least five people and left another 27 injured.The blaze in the New Lucky House in the Jordan neighborhood was extinguished later in the morning, but police...
[ad_1] HONG KONG (AP) — The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia said on Friday that its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law, deepening worries about the city’s media freedoms.Bay Fang, the president of...
[ad_1] Hong Kong prisoners convicted of serious national security crimes are unlikely to be granted early release under the new national security law.Inmates previously could have their sentences reduced by up to one-third for good conduct, but this provision has been...
[ad_1] HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday that people convicted on national security charges would no longer be eligible for early release for good behaviour, under a new law enacted by the city’s authorities over the weekend.His comments came...
[ad_1] The European Union and the United Nations said Hong Kong’s new national security bill was deeply worrying and could erode fundamental freedoms in the China-ruled city.”It is alarming that such consequential legislation was rushed through the... 
