In 2005, after She Xianglin had spent over 11 years in a mainland prison for the alleged murder of his wife in Hubei , the woman was discovered still alive, and living with a new husband in...
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23 Aug 2011
A new rule allowing spouses, parents and children to refuse to testify against each other in criminal proceedings may be included in the revised Criminal Procedure Law that has its first reading...
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13 Jul 2011
Ex-barrister Stanley Ma Ho-fai yesterday lost his appeal against a conviction for stealing a lacy, red-and-white bra from a laundry rack.
Ma, 44, who was a lawyer at the time of...
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26 Apr 2011
Last year, it was discovered that Zhao Zuohai had spent almost 11 years in a Chinese prison for the alleged murder in Henan of a fellow villager who disappeared after a fight, but who later...
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10 Mar 2011
Citic Pacific, which posted the biggest currency loss by a Chinese company, obtained HK$1.75 billion in bank loans without disclosing that it had lost money, a court heard yesterday.
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8 Mar 2011
Chimbusco Pan Nation Petro-Chemical's effort to seek a forced sale of an Argentinian-owned container ship over unpaid fuel bills was postponed yesterday at the Court of First Instance.
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In late June, China's five main organs concerned with the administration of justice, including the Supreme People's Court, issued two sets of regulations on the use of evidence that appeared to...
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Beijing has introduced key guidelines on evidence aimed at stopping the use of torture to obtain confessions in the most serious cases.
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The Law Reform Commission has proposed that courts be given the discretion to admit hearsay evidence when they are satisfied the evidence is necessary and reliable. Such evidence is currently...
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Fung shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen has been given two weeks to reveal the source of information about a controversial land deal that was disclosed during the court battle over the fortune of...
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Legislator James To Kun-sun has suggested changing the surveillance law to include punishment for law enforcers who carry out unapproved wiretaps.
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The government yesterday gazetted a new order increasing the allowance paid to jurors by 28 per cent from the current HK$280 a day.
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