‘Shameless’ Hong Kong activist Avery Ng slammed by judge for dragging out appeal against jail sentence for divulging details of probe into government official
- High Court refuses to grant Avery Ng, 42, permission to take his case to the Court of Final Appeal over four-month prison sentence
- Judge Judianna Barnes hits out at Ng’s ‘laid-back’ attitude to case, saying he had drawn out proceedings for half a year using various excuses
A judge has blasted a Hong Kong activist for his “shameless” attempts to drag out his appeal against a jail sentence for divulging details of a corruption investigation into a senior government official.
The High Court on Thursday refused to grant Avery Ng Man-yuen, 42, permission to take his case to the Court of Final Appeal over his four-month prison sentence for leaking details of an investigation into former permanent secretary for home affairs Betty Fung Ching Suk-yee in 2016.
But his bail was extended and he could go to the top court to directly lodge a final appeal.
The sentence bars Ng, chairman of political party the League of Social Democrats, from running for election for five years, including the Legislative Council poll next September.
