Department of Justice

Beijing's late move in extradition fight over fugitive accountant revealed

3 Mar 2013

A Spanish court freed a fugitive accountant wanted by Hong Kong over an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud despite an eleventh-hour intervention by Beijing, the Sunday Morning Post has learned.

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Paul Chan Mo-po avoids drink-driving charge

26 Jan 2013

The Department of Justice has decided not to take any action against the development minister for driving after drinking beer in October.

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Devil in the detail of government's case for interpretation

15 Dec 2012

Many government critics are barking up the wrong tree. The government has every right as a litigant to suggest the top court ask Beijing for an interpretation of residency rights.

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Independence day

3 Dec 2012

"The independence of prosecutorial decision making," said Nicholas Cowdery QC, past president of the International Association of Prosecutors, "is the rock on which we stand." When deciding on...

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Weakening of watchdogs may be no accident

5 Oct 2012

Our recent reflections on the "hollowing out" of the prosecutions division in the Department of Justice have drawn comments from some of our readers.

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Versions differ on deletion of files

Gavin Shiu, a senior Department of Justice prosecutor, and his secretary yesterday gave seemingly conflicting testimony when asked in court yesterday about the deletion of files related to a fraud...

Prosecutor's secretary breaks silence on missing files

A secretary in the Department of Justice made a U-turn in a legal case yesterday, co-operating with police after initially refusing to speak to investigators, the District Court heard.

Senior prosecutor to testify on deleted files

A senior public prosecutor has been ordered to appear as a witness next month at a hearing on the deletion of documents on Department of Justice (DOJ) computers.

The documents...

Account for missing files, justice department told

A judge has ordered the Department of Justice to reveal which prosecution documents relating to a fraud trial were deleted from its computers. The trial was adjourned last month because of the...

Taxi driver misses out on HK$2m windfall

A taxi driver who found a bag containing more than HK$2 million in his cab a year ago has been told the bad news - he can't keep it. The rightful owner had belatedly stepped forward to reclaim his...

Letters

Rule of law issues cause for concern

I refer to the debate about who should control the process that decides whether to press charges at the end of investigations involving senior...