Bar Association chairman Philip Dykes and Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng were speaking at a ceremony to mark the start of ‘Prosecution Week’. Photo: Winson Wong Bar Association chairman Philip Dykes and Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng were speaking at a ceremony to mark the start of ‘Prosecution Week’. Photo: Winson Wong
Bar Association chairman Philip Dykes and Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng were speaking at a ceremony to mark the start of ‘Prosecution Week’. Photo: Winson Wong
Hong Kong /  Law and Crime

Don’t turn prosecution into persecution, head of Hong Kong barrister body warns

Bar Association chairman Philip Dykes urges care and caution from city’s prosecutors following controversy over recent court rulings against activists

Topic |   Hong Kong courts
Chris LauAlvin Lum
Chris Lau and Alvin Lum

Updated: 6:48am, 23 Jun, 2018

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Bar Association chairman Philip Dykes and Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng were speaking at a ceremony to mark the start of ‘Prosecution Week’. Photo: Winson Wong Bar Association chairman Philip Dykes and Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng were speaking at a ceremony to mark the start of ‘Prosecution Week’. Photo: Winson Wong
Bar Association chairman Philip Dykes and Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng were speaking at a ceremony to mark the start of ‘Prosecution Week’. Photo: Winson Wong
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